India’s security concerns have been greatly exacerbated by the hasty withdrawal of the US from Afghanistan and there are worries about how situations will unfold in the…
Admiral John C. Aquilino, Commander of the United States Indo-Pacific Command, has reassured the Indian establishment about the US’ commitment towards cooperation with New Delhi in the Indo-Pacific. Speaking after the meeting with India’s Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Bipin Rawat and Army Chief, General Manoj Mukund Naravane, in New Delhi, the admiral said that Chinese military expansion is the largest military build-up since the Second World War in all domains — conventional and nuclear — and partner countries should work together. Aquilino avoided responding directly to ongoing criticism that the Biden administration’s policy has been wrong-headed and badly executed, by saying that Afghanistan was not an area of his responsibility.
