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Lowy Institute (The Interpreter) · Australia · India commissions three home-built warships in one day at Kolkata
Australian think-tank casts India's naval growth as capacity-building diplomacy for the Indian Ocean littoral — an offer of interoperability without alliance strings that distinguishes New Delhi from other great powers courting Southeast Asia.
“India offers maritime capacity-building, interoperability and institutional engagement without the alliance obligations or ideological conditions that complicate partnerships with other major powers.”