Jake Sullivan has delineated the new world order US wants. What’s India’s place
The US remains the world’s preeminent power by several orders of magnitude. So when its National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan expounds on American foreign policy, the rest of the world should take note. The NSA is a political appointee.
Sullivan’s article published in the prominent American journal Foreign Affairs goes into not just how the Biden administration perceives the world but also criticizes past policies as it talks about ‘the home front’ – of irrational ‘exuberance’ following the end of the Cold War, poorly designed trade policies, and “worrying vulnerabilities" in the US economy. From the Indian perspective, what is key is how Sullivan explains why “it is the strategic decisions countries make that matter most". He offers us a glimpse into what the US seeks to invest in, who it will partner with, what it will fight for, what it will have problems with, how countries organize themselves internally and as well as what it will not do.
While Americans defining their own interests is nothing new, their belief that they can pick and choose the fights they get into and the degree of their involvement especially in a world that is more multipolar and has more regional powers capable of creating global impact is misplaced. The question now is whether the new world order that America seeks to design has a place for India in it. The strength that Sullivan sees in America’s alliances and partnerships also comes with the weakness that its allies seldom now stand up for themselves.
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