Strategic Autonomy and the Indo-Pacific India and the United States have strengthened their strategic relationship in recent years, particularly through platforms like the QUAD. While QUAD is officially a non-military alliance focused on shared values and cooperation in areas like maritime security and supply chain resilience, its regular military exercises signal an underlying intention to build security coordination in the Indo-Pacific. This alignment is largely driven by a shared concern over China’s increasing assertiveness in the region. However, even as their interests converge, India has made it clear: it will not act as a junior partner to the U.S. in a larger geopolitical confrontation with China. India believes in strategic autonomy—it will partner with like-minded nations but not at the cost of its long-term interests. India’s Two-Front Challenge: China and Pakistan China poses a strategic challenge to India, not just because of historical border disput...
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