Terming India to be the “ultimate swing state” in the ongoing global geopolitical competition, the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen Anil Chauhan, said that the global balance of power can shift should it choose to align with the existing or the emerging centres of power and that is the current importance of India geopolitically.

“India will also be a kind of a stabilising force which can protect trade, data portion and balance rival parts in the Indian Ocean region. So I believe that India must pursue a wholehearted national strategy which balances both continental security and its maritime ambitions,” he said while speaking at the Military Literature Festival in Chandigarh on Sunday.

Gen Chauhan underscored the centrality of the Indian Ocean in the global order, which is the world’s pr

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