Pakistan, Jan. 31 -- Unfortunately, there is a well-settled narrative in the West and even within India that New Delhi's nuclear program as well as other warfare modernization is necessary to counter China's rising power.

Over the past decades, the US has sought to use India to contain China. In return, India has received US' largesse, particularly the 123-agreement, defence equipment, support for Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) membership and bilateral trade. The US policy called 'Rebalancing of Military Strategy with Focus on Asia-Pacific' is confirmation to Chinese counter policy. However, the pertinent point here is that the volume of trade between China and India has reached $100 billion, hence making high-intensity conflict less like...