India’s Indo-Pacific Reckoning

Associate Fellow Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr. Titli Basu’s article ‘India's Indo-Pacific Reckoning’ has been published in Indo-Pacific Perspectives (Journal of Indo-Pacific Affairs) on December 7, 2020.

The narrow prism of analysing India as a mere “balancer” in the great power game is flawed. Sharper strategic articulation from Delhi is positioning India as a leading power in a multi-polar world. India believes that a multipolar world should be anchored by a multipolar Asia at its core. While the Indo-Pacific is dominating the political lexicon and strategic thinking in Delhi, the biggest challenge will be matching political intent with material and national capacity.

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