In Asia Times, Siddharth Srivastava writes about the regional power struggles behind the giving of aid to tsunami victims by governments:
“Tragedy notwithstanding, the tsunami strike has witnessed nations flexing their presence to provide relief to the victims, but behind it all a power game is also being played over who calls the shots and retains influence in the Indian Ocean region, and by default the rest of Asia.
In the cauldron are the two Asian giants of China and India… India wants the United States to retain its pre-eminence in the region to preempt China, while China is apprehensive of Japan rearming itself should the US withdraw its troops from the region.”
The full article is here.
