{"id":29019,"date":"2018-10-24T16:16:54","date_gmt":"2018-10-24T10:46:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=29019"},"modified":"2018-10-24T16:16:54","modified_gmt":"2018-10-24T10:46:54","slug":"u-s-pacific-command-renamed-u-s-indo-pacific-command","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/u-s-pacific-command-renamed-u-s-indo-pacific-command\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Pacific Command renamed U.S. Indo-Pacific Command"},"content":{"rendered":"

U.S. Pacific Command renamed U.S. Indo-Pacific Command<\/strong><\/p>\n

News:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. The United States renamed its strategically important Pacific Command (PACOM) to the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Important Facts<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    1. Renaming the combatant command is strategically significant for US.<\/li>\n
    2. Firstly it reflects US keenness to count India as a key partner in its strategic planning. It is India\u2019s re-entry into the US government\u2019s \u201cAsia\u201d orbit.<\/li>\n
    3. Secondly, renaming reflects the existing geographic coverage of the command and the acknowledgment of the increasing connectedness between the two oceans \u2013 Indian and Pacific Ocean.<\/li>\n
    4. Thirdly, recognition within the U.S. government that East Asia and the Indian Ocean Region are gradually becoming a single competitive space.<\/li>\n
    5. Fourthly, it reflects US willingness to invest in Indo-Pacific stability and bolstering the free and open rules-based international order that has enabled this region to grow.<\/li>\n
    6. Fifthly, it helps to counter China\u2019s one belt one road initiative. China continues to improve both the size and the capability of its armed forces in hopes to supplant the U.S.<\/li>\n
    7. Sixthly, it is also viewed as shrewd marketing. It is a way of reaffirming India and rest of the world that India is, and ought to be, an indispensable part of Asian order for US.<\/li>\n
    8. Although, the U.S. and India have different ideas of what constitutes the Indo-Pacific. India includes the whole Indian Ocean region. It covers The United States Central Command (USCENTCOM) and United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) cover as well.<\/li>\n
    9. However, the effectiveness of an Indo-Pacific defence and security strategy and U.S.-India cooperation would still depend on the level of discussion and coordination across combatant commands and bureaus.<\/li>\n
    10. The first two-plus-two ministerial dialogue between India and the U.S is scheduled for July first week.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n