{"id":93790,"date":"2021-03-11T10:03:58","date_gmt":"2021-03-11T04:33:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=93790"},"modified":"2021-03-11T11:53:02","modified_gmt":"2021-03-11T06:23:02","slug":"why-india-should-limit-its-involvement-with-quad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/why-india-should-limit-its-involvement-with-quad\/","title":{"rendered":"Why India Should limit its Involvement With QUAD?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Synopsis: <\/strong>The stand-off at Ladakh has shown the limits of India-U.S. security ties and India\u2019s involvement in the Quad. So, India should limit its involvement in <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/post-quad-era\/\">QUAD<\/a> and prioritize national security.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>How India joined the QUAD?<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p><strong>China\u2019s encroachment &amp; India\u2019s response<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>China was expanding its footprint in South Asia and the Indian Ocean Region over the last few years.<\/li>\n<li>Thus, India required an up-gradation of its naval capabilities and enhancement of ties with the Indian Ocean Region littoral states and other major powers in the region.<\/li>\n<li>Later, due to the shared concerns relating to the rise of China, India-U.S. security ties deepened, For example,\n<ul>\n<li>Focus on Interoperability of defence equipment and training based on defence purchases,<\/li>\n<li>Conducting frequent land and sea exercises,<\/li>\n<li>The signing of agreements to harmonize the two countries\u2019 military doctrines and operations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h5><strong>India got dragged into the QUAD by the US<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>The US wants to maintain its global hegemony and sees china\u2019s rise as a threat to the world order.<\/li>\n<li>The deepening relationship with the US gradually pulled India into the ambit of the <strong>Indo-Pacific<\/strong>. (Indo-Pacific is a concept that views the western Pacific and the Indian Ocean as an integrated geopolitical space.)<\/li>\n<li>This India joined the QUAD to expand its maritime ties with other regional states such as Japan, Australia.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong>What is the consequence of India\u2019s involvement in QUAD?<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>By joining with the U.S.-led maritime coalition, India ignored the principal areas of its security concerns.<\/li>\n<li>In the words of Shivashankar Menon, by joining QUAD India emphasized more focus on maritime borders. But had no clues on how to protect its borders on the mainland.<\/li>\n<li>The shifting of India\u2019s alignment with the U.S. and its allies made china respond strongly by engaging in direct confrontation at our territorial borders.<\/li>\n<li>This resulted in the border face-off in Ladakh, from April 2020. By doing so China has reminded t India that its security concerns lie in its northern borders, not the west Pacific.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong>Why India should limit its involvement with QUAD? <\/strong><\/h5>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>First<\/strong>, India is the only Quad member that is not in the west Pacific. It is also the only one that shares an undemarcated 3,500-km land border with China. So, any developments will have more impact on India-China relation. For example, <strong>Ladakh standoff.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Second<\/strong>, Quad neither shares a strategic vision nor is it animated by a shared agenda. Its members despite being anti-china continue to forge ties with China. For example,\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>in 2020 China became India\u2019s number one trade partner<\/li>\n<li>American investors hold $1 trillion of Chinese equity, and 75% of U.S. companies in China continue to invest there.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Third,<\/strong> The Quad has a core structural problem. It revolves around the U.S. which is self-centred in defining and pursuing its interests and hardly serves the security interests of its members.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h5><strong>What are the suggestions?<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>One, <\/strong>India needs to dilute its focus on the Indo-Pacific and the Quad. It should prioritise spending of resources on issues concerning national security. (The border, the neighbours and the Indian Ocean.)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Two,<\/strong> the rebuilding of ties with China will have to be a priority concern. Recent disengagement at LAC (Pangong Tso) is a step in the right direction.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Three, the need<\/strong>\u00a0to assure our commitment to democratic pluralism by building back our national ethos. Foreign policy should be made in line with domestic affairs.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Finally<\/strong>, India\u2019s foreign policy has often been ad hoc, reactive and short-term, reflecting the absence of broad strategic culture. So, with the rising ambition of India, we need to build a cohesive strategic vision to aid India\u2019s interest in the long term.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Source:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/epaper.thehindu.com\/Home\/ShareArticle?OrgId=GU18C0L8I.1&amp;imageview=0\">The Hindu<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Synopsis: The stand-off at Ladakh has shown the limits of India-U.S. security ties and India\u2019s involvement in the Quad. So, India should limit its involvement in QUAD and prioritize national security. How India joined the QUAD? China\u2019s encroachment &amp; India\u2019s response China was expanding its footprint in South Asia and the Indian Ocean Region over&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/why-india-should-limit-its-involvement-with-quad\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Why India Should limit its Involvement With QUAD?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10316,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[1333,1241],"class_list":["post-93790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-ir_0","tag-ir_01","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704685460},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93790","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\/10316"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93790"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93790\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}