During the visit, between October 26 and 28 to India, Sri Lanka and Maldive, US secretary of State Mike Pompeo has emphasised sustained support on Covid 19 assistance, defence cooperation and cyber security. Nevertheless, expansion of Indo Pacific was emphasised in all three countries.
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Ahead of the US presidential elections, Indo-US 2+2 dialogue was held on October 27, in New Delhi. It has been observed that this meet is a signal towards China. The defence cooperation, vision of Indo pacific, ASEAN centrality has been underlined in this meet. India and the US are moving towards comprehensive, multitrack partnership arrangement.
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Beyond 2013, there have been certain concerns, which have emerged between India and China. India’s cooperation with the US and Quad has been a concern for China. At the same time, China expansion projects such as BRI and control over ports in South Asia has been a concern for India.
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History tells us the rise of two parallel powers has led to competition and conflict. Rise of India-China in South Asia is no different. India-China always had boundary issues since the 1950s but time and again there have been some or the other steps taken to either resolve these issues or to find common interest of the two countries.
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Foreign policy of the United States can go through certain changes, depending upon who wins the presidential elections 2020. These changes can impact India-US relations in the coming future. Though it is being said that both the parties, Republican and Decmocratic are looking towards India as a strategic partner.
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It is being anticipated that Indian American community in the United States has a major role to play in the US presidential elections. Though, the policies of presidential candidates are going to impact it’s relations with India and other countries as well. The total Indian American voting population is just 1% of total US voting pollution.
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The eighth meeting between senior commanders of India and China is going to be held in the last week of october. China has proposed the Indian side to first move back. There are important decisions, which has to be taken as the winter is coming in. Due to the weather conditions it will be difficult for Indian side to communicate.
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Taliban in Afghanistan has been trying to create Islamic Emirate by co-opting with Afghan political parties. There are negotiations going on between Afghan government and Taliban in a very hesitant manner. Taliban’s leader Mullah Haibatullah, a religious fundamentalist.
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On october 12th another meeting took place between India and China. The joint statement has been issued on the points both the countries have agreed. Also on 12th of october Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated 48 bridges in Ladakh and Arunachal Pradesh. The inauguration of bridges might not be a good strategy for the future.
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Leasing is a contract between two parties. In Defence Acquisition Procedure 2020 leasing has been divided into two categories Indian leasing and Global leasing. The leasing contract, when urgent, reduces the time of transaction. This process is going to be beneficial for Indian Armed forces and Indian and Foreign companies.
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Make in India initiative has been divided into buy and make categories, which is further divided in some other categories as well. Each category has some permutation and combination of foreign investors coming in and going out.
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The QUAD meet 2020, Foreign ministers of India, the US, Australia, and Japan met for the second time to hold a security dialogue in Tokyo. During this meet Foreign Minister S. Jaishakar has brought up some issues of concern. He has states like minded countries should have a coordinated response to the challenges that the pandemic has brought.
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Defence acquisition procedure, promulgated in the last week of September. The aim of DAP 2020 is timely acquisition of military equipment systems required by armed forces to maintain performance, capabilities and quality standards. Another important aim is to maintain accountability and higher transparency.
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National Cyber Security Council is an apex body, which functions with state level and lower level cyber security bodies. This body is headed by retired three star general Lt. General Rajesh Pant. The main functions of the National Cyber Coordination Centre is coordination, developing awareness among all the agencies, creating threat assessments and capabilities.
In the month of September, covid 19 cases in India had a phenomenal rise in the number of active cases. Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh are the worst affected states. Next month, elections and festivals are going to take place. This can be a matter of concern, as the number of active cases are rising.
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Cyber security strategy 2020 is being formulated. This formulation is important because when National Cybersecurity policy 2013 was formulated digitalisation was not occupying that space. In the last couple of years and especially during Covid 19, there has been an exponential increase in technologies. Moresoever, the government of India’s initiative of Digital India has given it more space.
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Defence Acquisition Procedure 2020 has been released on 29th September, by Rajnath Singh in the presence of CDS and defence ministry officials. The main focus point of Aatmanirbhar bharat is Defence Acquisition Procedure 2020. Buy global manufacture in India also remains an important part of DAP.
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The Corps Commanders meeting of September 21st said that there will be a standstill, then a disengagement and then de-escalation at the border. But on 28th September the new controversy arose, where Chinese Foreign Office has made a statement that a proposal made by Chinese Prime Minister in 1959 should be the Line of Control.
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Defence cooperation varies when focusing more on the military to military cooperation, this will include visits of commanders and staff, talks between commanders and staff. This includes professional exchanges of national and multinational forums. Covid 19 has affected these professional engagements, these are now taking place virtually.
The concept of defence cooperation is linked to the foreign policy. There is a wide range of activities which involves defence cooperation, military to military cooperation is a part of it. This includes right from the top level, the ministerial dialogues, strategic dialogues, high level dialogues and commonality of the strategies and the national level. Defence cooperation is also a part of the overall defence diplomacy that a country engages in.