The other side of fear

February 01, 2014 20:10

The recent spate of visits by Japanese dignitaries paid flattering tribute to India's international consequence. But there's always a pattern and a purpose to such gestures.

Both were outlined by a key member of the American strategic establishment four years before Thailand and its neighbours convinced themselves they had invented the Association of South-east Asian Nations.

Not only did Russell H. Fifield's Southeast Asia in United States Policy propose Asean (even the acronym) but he wanted India, Japan and Asean to cooperate as a counterweight to China.

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