Indian Navy ships (Photo from Wikimedia)From Japan Focus:
News on New Delhi's foreign policy has recently been among the top stories in the media. On April 11, 2005, India started a strategic partnership with China, and, on June 29, 2005, signed a 10-year defense agreement with the United States. Western observers, however, have paid less attention to an ambitious Indian move in the military field: Project Seabird. This plan -- with origins from the mid-1980s -- is to be assessed in light of two geopolitical triangles juxtaposing on the Indian Ocean's background: U.S.-India-China relations and China-Pakistan-India relations. In this complicated geopolitical configuration, New Delhi is not simply a partner of China or the United States: India is emerging as a major power that follows its own grand strategy in order to enhance its power and interests.
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My Comment: India .... by its proximity to the Indian Ocean, will always be the "power" in the region. But by building up its navy and military resources, it will soon be able to project this power throughout the region. How these other countries may react to this expansion .... including from countries like Pakistan and China .... this is yet to be seen.