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3 lessons from India's loss @ NSG

There is no good reason why India is being denied a membership of the NSG. A nation with a perfect record on proliferation, a nation which has always stood for peace,  a nation which is the fast growing economy in the world. a nation with the most young people .... India should ideally walk in to any club of its liking ...but was shown the door.

So what are the takeaways from our loss at NSG

1) Rising stature of India - The loss at NSG confirms India's rise and the makes China's fear of a rising India very apparent. China was not acting at the behest of Pakistan but in its own interests to keep India out of NSG as long as possible. Beijing is worried and scared and its nervousness was apparent as it went all out to block India. 

2) Decline of US - NSG was a bigger loss for the US. The decline of the US is very evident. While China snubbed US diplomacy even smaller allies like New Zealand openly defied it. This visible weakening of US influence is now evident on world stage 

3) Clubs are irrelevant - A nation is defined by its culture and not the club it belongs to. Any association that does not have space for young , growing India is itself irrelevant. 

So where does India go from here ...

1) Go Swadeshi - Lets build what we need. Period.

2) Grow your own domestic market - Lets build a $5trillion economy. When you create a strong domestic market, all these 48 member countries of NSG will come begging for your business 

3) Make your own club - Its time to re-invent global organisations for the future. Lets build our own club along the lines of the solar alliance.

We should respond to the likes of China, New Zealand, Ireland and Switzerland  .....at a time and means of our choosing.





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