India: power or downfall

One of the major causes that led to the First World War was Emperor Wilhelm's ambitions for the German Empire to be a world power. He believed in an uncompromising policy of 'power or downfall' which ultimately resulted in the 'downfall' of the empire. Similarly, it is the misfortune of South Asia that India has been trying to endanger the region's peace by aspiring to become a 'world power', or at least a 'regional power', in wake of modern world trends like renunciation of war, peaceful settlement of disputes and economic development.
Over the years, India has not only been developing its conventional and nuclear arsenals, but is also obtaining latest weapons from the US, Russia and Israel in violation of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). In this context, presuming a peace-loving China as an enemy New Delhi often justifies arms accumulation, while in practice India has constantly deployed its forces along the Pakistani border. As regards Indian belligerent approach, it is the result of India's shattered hope of intimidating other neighbouring countries, especially Pakistan which the former considers a continuous obstacle in the way of its designs.
Under the pretext of Talibinisation, the Indian secret agency, RAW, has well established its tentacles in Afghanistan, and has been running secret operations against Pakistan from its consulates located near the Pak-Afghan border. It has spent millions of dollars in Afghanistan to strengthen its grip in order to get strategic depth against Islamabad. Meanwhile, PM Gilani and FM Qureshi have repeatedly stated: "India supports terrorism in Pakistan, and its evidence will be shown to the western countries at the right occasion." Indeed, this is in coordination with the statements of the ISPR spokesman Major General Athar Abbas who revealed that during the ongoing military operations huge cache of arms and ammunition had been captured while it was being shifted from Afghanistan.
Perhaps, frustrated in achieving its aims of becoming a world power, and a permanent seat in the UNSC, now the Indian rulers have started openly threatening nuclear powers like Pakistan and China. In this backdrop, the Indian Army Chief, General Deepak Kapoor, vocally revealed on December 29 that the Indian army "is now revising its five-year old doctrine" and is preparing for a "possible two-front war with China and Pakistan." However in response to New Delhi's threat, Pakistan's JCSC chairman, General Tariq Majeed, stated: "The Indian army chief's statement exhibits a lack of strategic acumen...[such a path could] fix India on a self-destructive mechanism."