In a move that signals further geopolitical calibration in India’s external security posture, the government has appointed Rahul Rasgotra, former Director General of ITBP and a 1989-batch IPS officer from the Manipur cadre, as National Security Advisor to Mauritius . Traditionally and historically, an Indian bureaucrat, an IPS officer, gets nominated by the government of India as the NSA of Mauritius.

Rasgotra retired only in September from the position of DG, ITBP, but his transition into a strategically sensitive overseas role is more than just routine. Traditionally, such appointments have been dominated by officers with a deep RAW pedigree, with the external security and intelligence nuances involved in advising a friendly foreign government.

Mauritius, which shares a longstanding

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