... has entered after WW2 (such as NATO or AUKUS). India is clearly not ready and will not be ready anytime soon to become a junior partner to U.S. Second, a fundamental feature of the Indian foreign policy is a commitment to carefully balancing its ‘Indo-Pacific’ aspirations and its ‘Eurasian’ priorities. India might have reservations about BRICS or SCO, but these two organizations are essential to balance Quad and other formats of growing cooperation with the West. Furthermore, a deeper engagement with Washington will not likely prevent New Delhi from maintaining its traditional friendships in Eurasia and exploring new opportunities with Russia or Iran....
... We shall now briefly describe these limitations.
India is reluctant to act as America’s junior partner
Andrey Gubin:
The Indo-Pacific Conundrum: Why U.S. Plans Are Destined to Fail
First of all, the U.S. has never been engaged in establishing or managing ... ... elites as regards the role and place the U.S. enjoys in global politics.
This is exactly why it is rather hard to imagine the Quad to be at some point remolded into a full-fledged AUKUS-like alliance, where the two other members do not challenge Washington’s ...
... its balanced and cautious policy to take advantage of the Quartet’s role for its security. One sign of this realignment may be the joint naval exercise in the Bay of Bengal in November 2020 of India, the U.S., Japan and Australia.
Towards cementing Quad
The Indo-Pacific is likely gradually moving from intangible concepts to concrete formal or informal mechanisms. In this process, Quad, the dialogue mechanism of the U.S., Japan, India, and Australia, will play a key role. Each of the four has their own ideas ...
... cooperation, including in maritime, counter-terrorism, non-proliferation and on cyber issues, as well as on principles-based and sustainable infrastructure development.
Engagement through the Quad is just one part of Australia's active diplomacy in the Indo-Pacific. We view the Quad as a complement to our bilateral, trilateral and other regional efforts. In many ways, the Quad is an extension of existing trilateral arrangements (Australia — Japan — US, Australia — India — Japan, India — Japan –US), and it is natural ...
