Strong India to counterbalance China's aggression

Donald Trump administration declassified a sensitive document on the US strategic framework for the Indo-Pacific which asserted that a strong India would act as a “counterbalance” to China and signalled that the US would bolster India against China’s aggression along LAC.
The US strategy for the Indo-Pacific, framed in 2018, envisaged bolstering India’s capacities so that it could join hands with other like-minded countries, Australia and Japan, to act as “a counterbalance to China” and maintain the capacity to counter challenges from China such as “border provocations” and access to cross-border rivers.
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