Because India has just endured a decade of neglect by the previous Congress government, the new administration will have to act quickly and decisively to safeguard the country’s national-security. This imperative is made all the more urgent by China’s decision to expand its defense budget by more than 12%, to $132 billion, in the next fiscal year, as well as its recently concluded 30-year energy deal with Russia, which has strategic implications for India.
但莫迪不但要说，还要做，这才能符合印度的国家安全利益。在上任国大党政府的治理下，印度刚刚经历了忽视的十年，因此新政府必须迅速而果断地行动起来捍卫印度的国家安全。而中国决定在下一个财年将国防预算增加12%以上，达到1,320亿美元，最近又宣布与俄罗斯签订了30年能源贸易协议，这些都对印度具有战略影响，也让新政府的使命更加紧迫了。