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Updated: Is QUAD going military? Australia joins India-Japan-US in naval exercise

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(Editor’s Note: Updated with Australian government’s reaction to the Exercise MALABAR invitation from paragraphs 10 to 14.) New Delhi: The first thought that comes to mind when one hears Australia is joining the trilateral‌ India–United States–Japan maritime exercise later this year: Is QUAD, conceived as a purely diplomatic […]

Updated: India expands strategic reach with military logistics pact with Japan; one with Russia planned in October

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(Editor’s Note: Updated on Sep. 11 with additional background information throughout the report, filed originally on Sep. 10.) By N. C. Bipindra New Delhi: Already interoperable through the annual joint Malabar maritime exercise with Japan, India has expanded its strategic reach in the Indo-Pacific by signing a logistic […]