Contrary to conventional wisdom of a dominating Chinese Navy, the reality suggests that for Beijing, South China Sea is primary focus and not the Indian Ocean.
For the last 11 years, Nehru has been constantly blocking my efforts and causing the fiascos that are my many yojanas and abhiyans. He is the reason most of my initiatives turn into disasters.
India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
Some of the specific actions could be 1- formalize the Quad and give US Navy a base in Andamans or Nicobar island. India should no more shy away from being seen as USA friendly country 2- India should develop a naval base in Indonesia 3- India should seek a treaty of friendship (on broadly similar lines as in the past) with Russia to minimally ensure Russian neutrality, if not support against China 4- India should keep its armed forces on full alert on the border to ensure that Chinese too have a huge cost. 5- Ensure that Indian imports from China are brought down to a level where trade balance is just around zero or ideally positive. 6- launch economic reforms to attract foreign investments by lowering cost of manufacturing in India and reducing of cost of business.
This strategy has limitations . It will only work, if the Indian Ocean littoral nations work out a unified front and plan a unified attack on the China, which is quite a tall task and therefore , not implementable given the current dynamics involving China and nations of the Indian Ocean littoral, many of which host Chinese military bases.
Some of the specific actions could be 1- formalize the Quad and give US Navy a base in Andamans or Nicobar island. India should no more shy away from being seen as USA friendly country 2- India should develop a naval base in Indonesia 3- India should seek a treaty of friendship (on broadly similar lines as in the past) with Russia to minimally ensure Russian neutrality, if not support against China 4- India should keep its armed forces on full alert on the border to ensure that Chinese too have a huge cost. 5- Ensure that Indian imports from China are brought down to a level where trade balance is just around zero or ideally positive. 6- launch economic reforms to attract foreign investments by lowering cost of manufacturing in India and reducing of cost of business.
This strategy has limitations . It will only work, if the Indian Ocean littoral nations work out a unified front and plan a unified attack on the China, which is quite a tall task and therefore , not implementable given the current dynamics involving China and nations of the Indian Ocean littoral, many of which host Chinese military bases.