10/15/2014

Mrunal Modi's Summit Style diplomacy with Japan, China, USA

- Mrunal - http://mrunal.org -

[Modi Diplomacy] Part 4/4: Summit Style diplomacy

with Japan, China, USA- achievements and limitations
1. Prologue
2. Summit-style diplomacy
1. Strategic relations
2. Trade & investment
3. Infrastructure
4. Railways
5. Transport corridors
6. Nuke Energy
7. Environment and disaster Management
8. Space science public health
9. Culture tourism
3. Limitations of Summit Style diplomacy

Prologue
So far weve covered three meetings of Modi with
1.
2.
3.
4.

Japan- PM Shinzo Abe

China- President Xi Jinping
USA- President Barack Obama
Fourth and last part- just a recap cum quick revision table of above three
parts.

Summit-style diplomacy
Meaning, Leaders of two countries, meet face to face, to resolve bilateral issues.
Benefits of Summit style diplomacy
1. Generally, International conflicts arise due to non-transparency, suspicion
and trust-deficit.
2. But, when two leaders meet face to face, it allows personalization of
relationship, adds warmth between two nations, creates positive atmosphere
ahd reduces tensions and misunderstandings.
3. Easier to convey issues face to face, behind the closed doors.
On that parameter, lets check progress made by meeting the leaders of Japan,
China and USA. Ive not written all the agreements here, just those easy to
memorize.

Strategic relations
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Topic

Japan
Tokyo
declaration

mantra

gang membership to
NSG, MTCR,
yes
Wassenaar, Australia
group
disarmament
yes
Support UNSC
yes
permanent membership

China
Inch towards
miles

USA
Chalein saath, saath:
Forward together we go

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes
disable LeT, JeM,
D-company, AlQaeda and
Haqqani network
intel sharing for
ISIS

Terrorism

denounce it
in all forms

zero tolerance
against it

maritime- anti piracy,

freedom of navigation,
narcotics

yes

yes

yes

border issues

NA

will clear the

LAC matter
soon.

NA

monitor civilians
returning from
Iraq/Syria

silent

silent

yes
Joint
army
exercise.
Navyairforce
ex.
soon.

may join
Malabar
regularly

exercise

want stable Afghanistan yes

asked N.Korea to
yes
denuclearize
japan to sell
US-2
defense trade
amphibian
aircraft

Malabar Naval
ex. upgraded
help setup
Defense univ.

yes

yes

yes

Defense cooperation
pact extended for 10
years.

Trade & investment

Topic

Japan

China

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USA
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double
FDI in 5
years
20
Japan
plus
team in
PMO

investment
Billion
USD

India will
export rareearth chloride
trade
RCEP
agreements collaboration
invited for
make in
Yes
India
importexport

41

China will facilitate entry Bilateral trade to be

of Indian goods to decrease increased from $100 to
trade deficit
$500 billion.
Will sort out TFA
collaborate for Doha round
mess.
Yes

Yes

Infrastructure
Japan
50 billion yen
loan to IIFCL
Industrial cities in
Guj,
Maharashtra, UP
and MP.

China

USA

Two industrial
parks in Guj +
Maharashtra
sister pacts
with Abad
and Gujarat

USA will help in 3 smart

cities- Allahabad, Ajmer
and Vishakhapatnam

Railways
Japan
bullet train AbadMumbai feasibility
study
Metro between
Gurgaon and
Bawal
Dholera airport +
Alaang ship
breaking

China
train 100 Indians
for heavy haul
transport
Rail university
Chennai-BangMysore speed to
160 kmph
High speed rail
project- pilot
studies.

USA

USA to share best

practices in rail
Management

Transport corridors
Japan

China
BCIM corridor:

USA
USA invited us to

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will finish existing

industrial corridors in
India

New silk road

India-Pacific
Economic
corridor

agreed to move
forward
Maritime silk road:
Modi says not yet.

Nuke Energy
Japan

China

speedup the
consultation
joint LNG
procurement
clean coal
technology
solar parks
@Rajasthan

will begin
consultation

USA

New contact group setup, to sort the

nuke liability issue.

Environment and disaster Management

Japan

China

Ganga cleaning
(all three
agreed)
desalination
@Gujarat
Jap to host
disaster
Management
summit

USA

CBDR
Hydrological
data sharing
for floods.

$1 billion credit line to import

such renewable energy
products in India

Space science public health

Topic

healthcarescience

Space

Japan

China

science
fellowship
Jap
volunteer
nurses in
Mizoram

just bolbachchan

via asia-pacific
regional agency

applauded Mars
mission as Asias
achievement.

USA
Ebola alliance
India pledges 12
million USD
Vaccine action
Program for
dengue, malaria,
TB.
NISAR mission 2021

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Culture tourism
Japan

China

Kyoto Varanasi
pact.
JENESYS 2.0 for
youth exchange

visit India year in

China and then vice
versa
Hiuen Tsang tourist
circuit
new route for Kailash
Mansarowar
joint production of
movies
exchange 200 youth
per year
language teachers

USA

2015: Visa on
arrival for US
citizens

Limitations of Summit Style diplomacy

1. Few hours of meeting between two leaders, alone cannot solve intrinsic
disputes.
2. It requires lot of background homework and collaboration between
ministerial staff, defence heads and experts from think tank.
3. As such Modi meetings were mostly successful in Nepal, Japan, Australia,
China and USA. However, some issues unsolved, for example:
Unresolved issues / at most lip-service
Japan Nuclear deal

China

Trade deficit. It remains to be seen when and how China actually

facilitates entry of Indian goods in their market.
Border dispute: although both agreed to clarify LAC, but immediate
escalations did not stop- Chinese soldiers kept encroaching Chumar
region during the same period.

USA

NSA-spying. Internet governance.

Trans-pacific partnership (TPP) and Trade in services agreement
(TiSA) exclude India.
Pakistans role in Afghanistan and terrorism.
Special 301 report, IPR, Drug patent rights.
WTO-Trade facilitation agreement
H1B visa, Totalization pact

Overall:
Summit level diplomacy can help in creating a conducive environment at
beginning. But long-term vision and follow up action needed to solve long term
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