Ex Spymaster To NDTV On Games US, China, Pak Play – And Where India StandsNew Delhi:
Vikram Sood, one of India’s greatest spymasters who has spent his career in the dark corridors of cloak-and-dagger, gave some cold, hard insight into the realities of today’s world and also suggested how India should play the long game.
An operative who went on to head the Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW) before he retired in 2003 after 31 years of service, Sood shared his assessments of the dynamics that are unfolding in interactions among nations today – the US, China, Russia, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and of course, IndiaIn the eyes of China, the US under Trump appears to be weakening and “that leaves you [India] in a very precarious situation,” Sood said.
“Because not that America was our greatest friend, but China was the country that never hid its disdain or distrust of us. They are on the border; they can create trouble for us. So that way, they are the instant threat. Americans are the distant threat, in a manner of speaking, that they can make your lives uncomfortable,” the former spymaster who just published his book Great Power Games told NDTV.
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