In South Asia’s naval realm, new U.S.-India framework risks disturbing that balance by having advanced technology flows and blue water operational dependencies
The announcement on October 31, 2025, of a new ten-year
Defense Framework
between the United ...
... collaborations with countries like the U.S. and Japan enhance India’s capabilities to
respond
to China’s posture, particularly in the maritime arena. The expanding influence of Beijing has challenged New Delhi’s
identity as the preeminent power
in South Asia.
There appears to be an agreement in the Quad that this arrangement’s effectiveness hinges upon New Delhi’s ability to exert increasing influence in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR). This is evident from U.S. perception of India’s
leadership ...
... neighbours and the world as a whole will reconcile with a nuclear Pyongyang, just as the world has reconciled today with a nuclear New Delhi and a nuclear Islamabad, and a new, albeit illusory, stability will come to the Korean peninsula, as it came to South Asia.
Source:
Valdai. Discussion club
Creation of Nuclear Supplier Group (NSG) was an attempt to carry the perennial fight against nuclear proliferation. Group was created in 1974 when India steadily carried out the nuclear explosion which irreversibly changed the strategic environment in South Asia. Now, Indian inclusion in this group is receiving the close review of analysts and strategists. Primarily, NSG was formed to prevent the nuclear proliferation by all means including overseeing the re-transfer, export and protection of all kind ...