America wants strong partners to hold Eurasia and to strengthen rather than undermine the Western Hemisphere. The Quad gathering in India was a good opportunity to play up the newest member, India.
The American secretary of state visited India:
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio held talks with Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on Saturday, as the two sides discussed the Middle East, trade, visas, maritime security and energy supplies, while Washington cited progress on efforts to resolve the Iran conflict.
Rubio treated India as a great power:
Rubio said the range of issues discussed underscored that India was "an important strategic partner of the United States, one of our most important strategic partners in the world."
India seemingly is happy with American rather than Russian energy imports:
Jaishankar said the United States had emerged as a reliable energy source for India.
China, of course, is the driving force to push closer alignment of India and America.
Along with Japan and Australia, more broadly. Details of the subsequent Quad meeting include:
The Quad partners launched the first ever Indo-Pacific Maritime Surveillance Collaboration (IPMSC) initiative to leverage Quad country maritime surveillance in the Indo-Pacific, enhancing information sharing and maritime domain awareness capacity with an initial focus on the Indian Ocean Region as well as through subject matter expert exchanges and tabletop exercises.
It is interesting that when America was the only super power after the collapse of the USSR, no major realignment of global powers took place to counter America. Allies remained allies. And no, frenemies China and Russia don't count. They were always our enemies. And I can't see them truly allying with each other. Today, rising China pushes powers to align to contain China's ambitions. Russia may come to its senses yet.
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