... the continental, if not the global hegemonic power, pursuing the goal of constructing “a uni-polar Asia in a multi-polar world”.
Though specific US attempts to put together various multilateral and bilateral security arrangements to contain China (AUKUS, trilateral Washington—Tokyo—Seoul cooperation in the Northeast Asia, US-Philippines security partnership and so on) are followed in New Delhi no less closer than they are followed in Moscow, the policy conclusions made in India might be very different from those made in Russia. Some Indian experts
argue
that if all US multilateral and bilateral arrangements succeed in blocking Beijing’s intended advances along the Pacific and Indian ...
... that India has sought to play leading roles in multilateral platforms the Quad, BRICS, and the SCO. The first one serves as its means for balancing China’s rise in what India hopes will be a friendly, gentle, and non-hostile way compared to the new AUKUS alliance’s non-friendly, harsh, and hostile one. BRICS and the SCO, meanwhile, are complementary platforms for reforming the international system as it transitions towards multipolarity. The ideal scenario for India is that it successfully cooperates with US-led structures like the Quad to peacefully “manage” ...
... G20, BRICS, RIC and SCO.
But the most skilful diplomacy was at play in addressing the public differences between Delhi and Moscow on the usage and the composition of the ‘Indo-Pacific/Asia-Pacific’—the former being India's preference, the latter ... ... transparent and inclusive.” But differences remain: Russia is opposed to the formation of non-inclusive clubs like the Quad and AUKUS, while India continues to be an enthusiastic member and supporter of the Quad and is not uncomfortable with the AUKUS, given ...
