India and the USA should come closer strategically too. We are already quite close economically.
We have a common enemy - Islamic terrorism. And that is no ordinary enemy. USSR of the Cold War era was far better than this enemy. Throughout the Cold War the USSR was a nuclear power. It was armed to the teeth with nuclear warheads and ballistic missiles. It was governed by a bunch of autocratic men. But in spite of all that they never behaved in an irresponsible way.
But today's Islamic terrorists pose a far greater menace, as they do not have the maturity and restraint of a Super Power. Russians were after all Europeans. And today's terrorists are desert tribes. There is a gulf of a difference between those two civilizations.
So in this clash of civilizations - or rather civilization versus barbarism - all the civilized countries should team up. Whatever half-measures we are taking now to contain Islamic terrorism will come to a naught very soon. The final solution will be to bomb out entire Middle East and North Africa. Barbarism should be met with barbarism of equal measure. To achieve that an America-Israel-India axis will be of vital importance.
In the other half of Asia we have China as another big threat. But it does not require any harsh treatment as of now. It seems to be a responsible Super Power like the erstwhile USSR. It just needs to be contained. That's all. We have North Korea also to take care of. However that is a small fry. For all that an India-Japan-America axis, popularly known as the "Axis of Democracy", is required. That axis has also another important role to play: to prevent the mild Islamic countries of Asia - Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei - from giving any logistics support to the Middle East countries in the event of a full blown war.
We need Australia, Canada, West Europe and Russia for logistic support from two extreme ends. Australia needs to be more involved in the politics of strategic tie-ups.
