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India and the Rebalancing of Asia

New Delhi still faces many obstacles on its path to great-power status. September 26, 2025, 3:00 PM Comment icon View Comments ( )

A map of Asia shows India highlighted along with Persia and the Chinese Empire.

One of the unanticipated features of Asia’s new geopolitics has been the return of India to center stage. During the colonial era, British India played a decisive role in shaping the security order in the region, including substantial participation in the two world wars and other conflicts. Independent India deliberately chose to withdraw from such a security role in the name of non-alignment and opposition to Cold War bloc politics. India compounded its geopolitical abstinence by cutting links to Western capital in the name o

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