{"id":249734,"date":"2023-06-27T18:46:52","date_gmt":"2023-06-27T13:16:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=249734"},"modified":"2023-06-27T18:46:52","modified_gmt":"2023-06-27T13:16:52","slug":"senate-india-caucus-to-push-for-nato-plus-five-status-for-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/senate-india-caucus-to-push-for-nato-plus-five-status-for-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate India Caucus to push for \u2018NATO plus five\u2019 status for India"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The post is based on the article <\/span><b>\u201cSenate India Caucus to push for \u2018NATO plus five\u2019 status for India\u201d <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">published in<\/span><b> The Hindu on 25th June 2023<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><b>What is the News?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">U.S. Senate\u2019s India Caucus Co-Chairs will introduce legislation to give India \u2018NATO plus five\u2019 defence status.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Note: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Caucus is a <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">closed meeting of a group of persons belonging to the same political party or faction usually to select candidates or to decide on policy.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>What is NATO plus five?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NATO Plus is a grouping of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/nato-historical-context-and-its-role-in-ukraine-conflict\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and five countries, including Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Israel, and South Korea.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The group works toward boosting global defence cooperation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>What are the benefits of India becoming a member of NATO plus five?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>India would 1)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> gain access to seamless intelligence sharing between these countries <\/span><b>2) <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">get access to the latest military technology without much of a time lag and <\/span><b>3)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> will help in further strengthening India\u2019s defence partnership with the United States.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>What are the drawbacks for India if it becomes a member of <\/b><b>NATO plus five?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Impacts India \u2013 Russia ties:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> If India joins the US-led NATO alliance which is backing Ukraine in the current war with Russia, it will directly impact India\u2019s strong, established and deep ties with Russia.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Affects India\u2019s Strategic Autonomy:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> NATO membership may also affect India\u2019s strategic autonomy.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: The post is based on the article \u201cSenate India Caucus to push for \u2018NATO plus five\u2019 status for India\u201d published in The Hindu on 25th June 2023 What is the News? U.S. Senate\u2019s India Caucus Co-Chairs will introduce legislation to give India \u2018NATO plus five\u2019 defence status.\u00a0 Note: Caucus is a closed meeting of&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/senate-india-caucus-to-push-for-nato-plus-five-status-for-india\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Senate India Caucus to push for \u2018NATO plus five\u2019 status for India<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,164,1236,9],"tags":[10498],"class_list":["post-249734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-international-relations-daily-factly-articles","category-international-organisations","category-public","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1700214668},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=249734"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249734\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}