He asserted that India remains the “first responder and preferred partner of choice” for other nations in the region

xChandigarh: Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Anil Chauhan on Sunday said that the global struggle for power, once confined to land and skies, has now expanded to space, cyberspace, and the cognitive domain.

Speaking at the 9th Military Literature Festival 2025 in Chandigarh, themed ‘Heartland and Rimland Powers in a Multi-Domain Warfare and India’ , Gen. Chauhan emphasised that India, as both a continental and maritime power, enjoys a predominant position in the Indian Ocean region.

He asserted that India remains the “first responder and preferred partner of choice” for other nations in the region.

Citing British author Tim Marshall’s Prisoners of Geography , t

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