In an interview with ThePrint, the former Australian PM said India has finally realised that its principal strategic challenge remains China, which is why its strategy is getting 'clearer'.
The former Australian PM, who is in India to launch his book ‘The Avoidable War’, believes that under Xi, China is looking to extend a parallel sphere of influence to the West.
The irony with PC Alexander was that when Indira Gandhi returned to power in 1980, she handpicked him as Principal Secretary and he became her political adviser, conscience keeper and administrative trouble-shooter.
The 125 APAs include 86 Unilateral APAs (UAPAs) and 39 Bilateral APAs (BAPAs). The total number of APAs since the start of the APA programme has risen to 641, with 506 UAPAs and 135 BAPAs.
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