NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, Dec 8: The annual defence policy bill of the US has highlighted broadening America’s engagement with India, including through the Quad, to advance the shared objective of a free and open Indo-Pacific region and address the challenge posed by China. The National Defence Authorisation Act for Fiscal Year 2026, released by Congressional leaders Sunday, outlines the ‘sense of Congress on Defence Alliances and Partnerships in the Indo-Pacific region’. It states that the Secretary of Defence should continue efforts that strengthen US defence alliances and partnerships in the Indo-Pacific region to further the “comparative advantage of the US in strategic competition” with China. Among other things, these efforts comprise “broadening US engagement with India, including

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