Under Donald Trump’s leadership, the US is using India to contain its main rival, China. It is using India as a pawn. The US knows that India is already the world’s most populous country and the world’s fourth-largest economy.
India is on track to become the world’s third-largest economy by 2028. However, to prevent India from challenging the US itself, the US is also playing the Pakistan card. Let’s understand the whole matter.
An article published in the Eurasian Times states that the US is using Pakistan to contain India to prevent India from directly challenging the US in the future. At the same time, the US is using Afghanistan to contain Pakistan.
In addition, the US is also dealing with the Taliban to keep Afghanistan unbalanced. In effect, the US is ensuring that one side is pitted against the other, keeping the entire region in danger. It is also ensuring that each side is dependent on the US.
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the US remained unipolar for at least two decades. However, the situation began to change after 2010, when China’s GDP surpassed Japan’s and its Belt and Road Initiative increased its influence.
Under the Obama administration’s Pivot to Asia policy, the US began rebalancing resources toward the Indo-Pacific region, primarily to contain China’s growing influence. This evolved with tariffs and export controls during Trump’s first term and technology sanctions and alliances under Joe Biden.
The US Traps India by Changing Its Name
According to the article, the US recognizes that limiting China’s influence in the Pacific is crucial to reducing its global influence. As part of this strategy, the US changed the name of the Asia-Pacific to the Indo-Pacific to emphasize that India has an equal stake in the region and that China cannot consider the Pacific region its backyard.
