TRUMP , MODI , PUTIN SHAPING THE WORLD FUTURE

TRUMP , MODI , PUTIN SHAPING THE WORLD FUTURE

DONALD TRUMP :- After nine months of Donald Trump, let’s try a first-cut explication of his foreign policy. Where is he coming from What drives him  And where will be take country  The short answer is: He will make America small again. Where does Trump fit into the American tradition  He is not an isolationist like Washington, who would have “as little connection with other nations as possible.” Nor is Trump a doppelganger of John Quincy Adams, who would “not go abroad in search of monsters to destroy.”Nor is Trump an interventionist in the tradition of Theodore Roosevelt or Woodrow Wilson. TR improved on the Monroe Doctrine by asserting America’s right to intervene anywhere in Latin America, and Wilson kept going into Mexico to “teach them to elect good men.” After World War II, U.S. interventionism went global. Harry S. Truman would support all “free people resisting…subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures.” Eisenhower would commit U.S. forces anywhere to combat “overt armed aggression” by communism. John F. Kennedy famously declaimed: “We shall pay any price, bear any burden…”Onward and upward. LBJ stood ready intervene in the Western Hemisphere to prevent “Communist dictatorship.” Nixon wanted to shield all “whose survival we consider vital to our security.” Jimmy Carter pledged to “repel by any means” any “attempt to gain control of the Persian Gulf.” Ronald Reagan told the Soviets that he would rout them from “Afghanistan to Nicaragua.”First prize for interventionism goes to George W. during America’s “ unipolar  moment.” He would launch preventive war “before threats materialized.” He would go after any country harboring terrorists. And he preached regime change: “The defense of freedom requires the advance of freedom.”This trip down memory lane is to show that Trump does not fit into the classic isolationism-interventionism mold. Then what is he? Ironically, there is more kinship between Trump and Barack Obama than we like to admit. A key Obama line reads: “We will engage, but we will preserve our capabilities.” Hence, no more costly ambition. Like John Quincy Adams, Obama was “not seeking new dragons to slay,” he confided to The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg in a series of interviews.

NARENDRA MODI :-  I first met Prime Minister Modi in 2003 at the India Economic Summit in New Delhi, and again at our first Annual Meeting of the New Champions, in Dalian, People’s Republic of China, in 2007. The then chief minister of Gujarat clearly struck me as a passionate leader who saw the power of innovation as a resounding driver of economic growth and social progress. Over the last 45 years, I have had the great privilege of meeting almost every world leader. Thus, I am often asked, "What makes a good leader Time and again, I have observed four defining qualities: brains, soul, heart and good nerves.Prime Minister Modi’s consistent focus on responsible and responsive citizenship highlights the power of brains, soul, heart and good nerves in action. Initiatives such as Swachh Bharat Abhiyan and Namami Gange focus on the power of citizen engagement in helping restore and regenerate India’s natural environment and ecosystems.

There is purity of purpose in this. Marching with a Billion provides a uniquely detailed account of the prime minister’s many initiatives. And while it may be too early to assess their success, it is clear they are consistently driven by the red thread of vision and passion.As the forum continues to deepen its engagement with India, I personally believe in a promising future for the country for many reasons, among which are a vibrant democracy and pluralistic society, the quality of Indian entrepreneurs, the country’s demographic dividend, an energetic leadership and the significant multiplier effect of the reform and innovation policies that are being enacted.In my conversations with business leaders, politicians, academics and young people from around the world, Indians everywhere feel deeply engaged, energised and empowered to participate in Prime Minister Modi’s new vision for India.With such a decisive and strong leader, there is a great opportunity for Indians to participate in not only reforming, but also transforming India — responsively and responsibly.

VLADIMIR PUTIN :-  has maintained a vice-like hold on the top tiers of Russian power for almost 20 years.For international observers, the Russian leader is an unfathomable and enigmatic figure, and Russia itself is never easy to read. Internationally, the country faces isolation and economic sanctions amid crises in former Soviet states.But Mr Putin retains a remarkable public approval rating of 83 per cent in Russia, officially at least.Love him or loathe him, since Mr Putin rose through the ranks of Boris Yeltsin’s enfeebled government in the late 1990s, Russia has changed beyond all recognition.One of his early apparent successes was Russia’s sudden economic growth after he took power.Following the economically disastrous collapse of the Soviet Union and the required market reforms under Yeltsin, the new president’s administration slashed business rates, renationalised parts of the oil industry and exported oil during a period of rising prices. The results were rapid.

“The Russians feel protective [of former Soviet states], it’s kind of a schizophrenic attitude, because in some ways they see them as kindred, and in other ways they look down upon them and want to control them.“That is the crux of the tension between Russia and the west right now,” Mr Nixey says. “The attitude towards the post-Soviet states is the most salient aspect.”Russia's relationship with the former Soviet states must be seen in the context of Mr Putin’s concerns over what he perceives as Nato’s encroachment.“I don’t think Putin aspires, practically speaking, to have Nato dissolve,” Ms Knight says, "but as we know, the Russians have supported Trump very actively, and President Trump, when he went over and met all the Nato leaders, he basically said he didn’t really care about Nato.“So I think on Putin’s wishlist is to have Trump not be impeached, to stay in power and to continue with his luke-warm attitude towards Nato.”Whatever happens in the coming elections, few can imagine Russia without Putin in the near future.