Why India, US and Taiwan Must Be Partners

Modi 3.0, Trump 2.0, and Lai 1.0 is the opportune time to build up a connect among the three, including in matters of security.

- M.D. NALAPAT

For India-Taiwan has been in vogue for quite a while. Yet a close partnership between India and Taiwan still seems distant. Both countries have yet to forge a close partnership that is essential for the 21st century, despite 25 years and counting. Having visited Taiwan since the time Lee Teng-hui was President, and having visited the country several times, it is worth noting that the relationship appears to be moving onto an accelerating trajectory. That such is the case is no accident. Cold War 2.0 has well and truly replaced Cold War 1.0 not just within the more rarefied circles of government but to the level of the people at more than just the top or just below levels. Such a trickledown effect is not accidental but is caused by the increasing number of Taiwanese businesses that have invested in India and vice versa. It so happens that across the world, Taiwanese tech is being used, sometimes with no account of origin. And all across the world, techies from India are omnipresent.