Jaswant Singh was the first person to have served as India’s finance minister (1996, 2002-2004), foreign minister (1998-2004), and defense minister (2000-2001). While in office, he launched the first free-trade agreement (with Sri Lanka) in South Asia’s history, initiated India’s most daring diplomatic opening to Pakistan, revitalized relations with the US, and reoriented the Indian military, abandoning its Soviet-inspired doctrines and weaponry for close ties with the West. His most recent book is India at Risk: Mistakes, Misconceptions and Misadventures of Security Policy.
新德里—如今，许多人国家问题越来越淡定了，因为互联网让他们能够与相去甚远的文化和民族构建联系。但国家对于边境动荡仍然极度敏感。毕竟。领土——包括土地、海洋、天空、河流和海床——是国家身份的核心，也决定着国家的安全和外交政策。
对付领土纠纷，国家可以放弃某些主权（因而削弱实力和影响力），也可以采取更稳健的国防战略，以应对当前挑战、消除未来威胁为目标。如今许多亚洲国家选择了后一种战略。
就拿印度洋和其他东亚地区的领土纠纷来说吧。中国一再地——并且越来越坚决地——主张其广大的海洋国土面积。中国的入侵再次点燃了动摇地区现状的分歧，整个亚洲的国家都在重新考虑战略立场。
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