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WORLD POLITICAL DYNAMICS
NEED OF REORGANISING THE UNO
The United Nations Organisation was formed to bring about peace in theworld. It is increasingly failing to fulfil the objective in the present complex world.It is an organisation without a voice to support its will, and a voice without powerto support it like its predecessor, the League of Nations that had been set up afterthe First World War. The League of Nations then functioned akin to the present-day United Nations Organisation and badly failed to prevent the Second WorldWar.The first Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru respected the UNO andhonoured its call for ceasefire while Indian army was successfully pushingPakistan soldiers back from Kashmir in 1947 and in the process, lost half of Kashmir to Pakistan by declaring ceasefire and kept the irritating Kashmir issuealive to this day. No doubt, by listening to the United Nations Organisation, hehad increased the prestige of India but it resulted in the main cause of the disputebetween India and Pakistan. But the calls and resolutions of the UNO and itsResolutions are ignored as a rule by other countries. Absence of its own armedforces to force its resolutions and its complete dependence on other countries,particularly the United States of America, rendered it weak.Increasing the number of members of the Security Council to include risingpowers of the world in deciding the world affairs may bring some initiatives andenergy to the world body.
MILITARY ALLIANCES
Military alliances are very common these days. Many wars have beenfought in the world in recent past. Countries in war need to team up with other
 
countries to win the war. Military alliances are important for two reasons: politicaland moral support, and military and tactical support. Even in the Mahabharata,the sides that fought the war, that is, the Kauravas and the Pandavas, fought itwith the support of allies, who enhanced their power.The need of allies is acute in conflicts in modern days. The shrinking worldwith the explosion of communication and transport facilities makes symbiosisfoundation of the modern living. The famous declaration of a renownedmathematician turned philosopher of the 19
th
century that “Everything iseverywhere at all times” holds more true for the material world of the present day.Everything everywhere in this world is interlinked.The world is developing into a huge net of inter-connections. Nothingoccurring in one part of the world escapes the other part of the world. Wars andpeace, constructions and destructions, successes and failures, falls and rises,riches and poverty, progress and new findings, all have a cascading effectthroughout the world. Interests of nations are becoming inter-related. First andSecond World Wars are World Wars because of this phenomenon. Both Alliesand Axis Powers fought the wars as conglomerates of nations almost dividing theworld to two opposing blocs. Later wars like the Korean War, Vietnam War, Gulf War, Iraq War and Afghan War prove this need of alliance between warringnations of the present world.Even the Cold War of the two superpowers from 1950s to 1990 was not anexception to this compulsion. The world was almost divided to two blocssupporting the United States of America representing developed capitalistcountries and the Soviet Union representing the Communist alliance. The onlydistracting influence against the trend at the time came through the institution of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) by the triumvirates of India, United ArabRepublic and Yugoslavia by the initiatives of their leaders, Jawaharlal Nehru,Nasser and Marshal Tito. The very fact that NAM had only partial success in
 
world affairs and at its death throes now proves the futility of the non-alignment inthe present world.No country is a friend or foe permanently in politics and diplomacy. It is alla matter of self-interests and security of a country. India played close to theUSSR till the latter disintegrated in 1990. Soviet Union was really a loyal friend of India in those decades with liberal political, diplomatic, military, scientific andeconomic helps to India. India survived all international pressures for decades inKashmir issue and recurring Indo-Pak wars only because of the dependablesupport of the Soviet Union.The perceived stance of the United States of America regarding Indo-Pakissue and its readiness to treat India with an exception with a nuclear deal aremoving India closer to the United States of America. It is always the nationalinterests that guide a country to decide with whom to ally and against whom.India is not an exception to this. The status of the United States of America as theonly super power of the world added to this slant.Not that India is totally allied with any one country. Such a stance isagainst all annals of wise diplomacy. It is keeping its options open. It isconducting joint military exercises with the United States of America as well aswith China. It is seeking special relations with various countries in the name of axis like India-Brazil-South Africa Axis and India-Russia-China Axis et ceteraapart from being member of various world bodies and groups to strengthen itsstanding. India has got a powerful enemy in China and a headache in Pakistan.India is in need of powerful military alliances with the United States of Americaagainst the ambitions of China in Indian border state of Arunachal Pradesh, andwith Russia against the ambitions of Pakistan over Kashmir to fight it politically. Abalanced move between is the diplomatic need of India.
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