India Narrative

On Tuesday, the four-member Quadrilateral Security Dialogue launched the Indo-Pacific Partnership for Maritime Domain Awareness (IPMDA). The new initiative will allow tracking of “dark shipping”—illegal fishing and unregulated fishing. In a statement, the White House said: "This initiative will transform the ability of partners in the Pacific Islands, Southeast Asia, and the Indian Ocean region to fully monitor the waters on their shores and, in turn, to uphold a free and open Indo-Pacific. Quad countries are committed to contributing to the region’s maritime domain awareness—a fundamental requirement for peace, stability, and prosperity—through an investment in IPMDA over five years". Under the initiative, three regions—the Pacific Islands, Southeast Asia, and the Indian Ocean region—of the Indo-Pacific will be integrated for an almost real-time and cost-effective maritime domain awareness. The India-based Information Fusion Center-Indian Ocean Region will coordinate with si

The Joe Biden administration has outlined its Indo-Pacific strategy vowing to build a free and open region, by building the capacity of its regional allies like India. The aim of the much-awaited strategy is to balance China's attempts at global domination through coercion. The US now plans to take action over the next one to two years to ensure that its allies in the region who are at the receiving end of Chinese military aggression are supported by building deterrence. Regarding India, the Indo-Pacific strategy says: "We recognise that India is a like-minded partner and leader in South Asia and the Indian Ocean, active in and connected to Southeast Asia". It took note of the Chinese aggression along the Line of Actual Control with India and said it supports "India’s continued rise and regional leadership". Washington has also taken note of Beijing's moves in the South China Sea and the Taiwan Strait where the communist giant is targeting Taiwan as well as