India’s attempt to balance ties with the US has turned into a tilt, still deemed insufficient by Washington. For India, it is all stick and no carrots
Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi at a bilateral meeting with the President of the United States Donald Trump on the sidelines of the G7 Summit at Evian, in France. Prime Minister’s Office/Government Open Data License – India.
India’s attempt to balance ties with the US has turned into a tilt, still deemed insufficient by Washington. For India, it is all stick and no carrots
In a move that signals a blunt recalibration of South Asian geopolitics, the United States has quietly shifted its strategic focus. It has reverted its “Indo-Pacific Command” back to its traditional designation of US Pacific Command (USPACOM)..
The structural reversal effectively undoes a 2018 policy that symbolically merged the maritime interests of the US across both the Pacific and Indian oceans. Under the newly restructured USPACOM, the Indian Ocean is being treated largely as a strategic back up plan.
