Indian aspiration to become a super power in future may learn some tricks of the game from the two biggest super power of the cold war era, USA and Russia, who are recently engaged in a see saw tussle, where nobody want to low down. It relates to the grant of temporary asylum to Edward J. Snowden, the fugitive intelligence analyst, of the United States facing charges of leaking national security secrets. In response to frustration at the Russian government for refusing to send Edward J. Snowden US President Obama has cancelled a planned summit meeting with the Russian president, Vladimir V. Putin, .
White House said the president had decided to postpone the summit meeting between the two leaders after concluding that there had not been enough progress made on the “bilateral agenda” to make a meeting worthwhile.
Jay Carney, the White House press secretary, said, “Given our lack of progress on issues such as missile defence and arms control, trade and commercial relations, global security issues, and human rights and civil society in the last twelve months, we have informed the Russian government that we believe it would be more constructive to postpone the summit until we have more results from our shared agenda,” and Mr. Carney added that Russia’s “disappointing decision” to grant temporary asylum to Mr. Snowden was “also a factor” in Mr. Obama’s decision.
The Kremlin expressed disappointment, especially with the president’s linking of the decision to the case of Mr. Snowden. A senior aide to Mr. Putin, Yuri V. Ushakov, said that Mr. Obama was still welcome to visit, but blamed the United States for not wanting to build a stronger partnership to manage bilateral and international issues.
In contrast the Asian super power India, whose five brave soldiers have been ambushed and killed on the "Seize Fire Area of LoC" by the Pakistani Army personal in the disguise of terrorists, have failed to blame the culprits the Pakistani troops, lest it will hamper the peace process with Pakistan, a futile Drama show, the ruling Congress party and its Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has to present to their countrymen to get more votes in coming election .
Hope they learn some finer as well as bolder points in international diplomacy platform, from a super power friend US President Obama, one who never bogs down when his national interest and prestige are at the stake.