Anyone within range of China's expanding navy will have to build capabilities faster and/or work more closely with the US, as Australia has just announced, writes T N Ninan
"The seas that separate us, are also the seas that connect us. India sees itself as a net provider of security, in the IOR," said Sandhu
China hit out at the upcoming first-ever Quad summit to be hosted by US President Joe Biden, saying the formation of "cliques" targeting other countries "won't be popular" and has "no future".
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will participate in the Quad leaders' summit in Washington on September 24, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) announced on Tuesday.
US President Joe Biden would host the first-ever in-person Quad summit at the White House on September 24
The Quad has evolved 'swiftly' and very 'effectively' and Australia commends India for taking a strong leadership role in the region, Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne said on Friday
This is the 25th edition of Exercise Malabar, which began in 1992 as a bilateral exercise
Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat on Wednesday asserted that any possible terrorist activity flowing out of Taliban-controlled Afghanistan and finding its way into India will be firmly dealt with
The ineptness of US presidents, combined with the cluelessness of Americans in foreign lands, contrasts with the Chinese leadership's focus on the accumulation of wealth and power, writes T N Ninan
This is Blinken's first visit to India after assuming charge as the US Secretary of State and the third by a high-ranking Biden administration official after it came to power in January.
US government is pointing to the first leader level Quad summit earlier this year to headline its 'high priority' status for the US-India partnership
President Joe Biden's administration has proposed the first in-person 'Quad' meeting with leaders of India, Japan and Australia in late September
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Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke to Biden for two hours in February, days after he assumed office as the US President.
Chief of Army Staff Gen MM Naravane has said that some countries have portrayed the Quad as a military alliance to raise "unsubstantiated fears" despite no concrete evidence to back their claims
The informal grouping of four countries in the Indo-Pacific region fills a very important gap that has emerged in contemporary times, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said
On his 5-day visit to the US, the minister met influential American lawmakers from both Democratic and Republican parties
Does he really need to use India as a prop to demonstrate Australia's virility at this moment?