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.
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Return to hyphenation is dreaded because our successive govts have laboured for three decades to rid us of what we see as the equivalence big powers used to draw between us and Pakistan. Three things follow.
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.