The International herald Tribune, reproduced on Howard French’s blog: Managing a ménage à trois
Excerpt: The state visit to Washington this week by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of India is of considerable bilateral and global significance. But there is a silent third party in the room: China…
…Nowhere will that be more apparent than in the economic arena. One highly respected Wall Street banking firm forecasts that by 2050 China, the United States and India (in that order) will have the world’s largest economies and be in a position to dominate the global marketplace.
Thus, a new interactive dynamic has begun between the United States and Asia’s two continental powers. The task for all three is to manage ties as a virtuous circle rather than a competitive triangle.