China and India in the Race to Find Allies

The strongest argument that can be made to countries that trade freely with china is that chinese hagemony would threaten their democratic freedoms. Senator john mc cane's proposed league of democracies, a kind of free form alliance of ideologically similar states designed to leave out china and russia, is therefore likely to be revived eventually - though probably under another name. India is the leading candidate for membership. To day non alignment risks letting china rise to regionally dominant status.