Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the United States was purposeful and had concrete outcomes, says former Deputy National Security Advisor Pankaj Saran.
Other than adding to the bilateral relationship, a key takeaway from the visit was the Quad leaders’ summit and the many civilian areas of cooperation it put forth.
The Quad cannot just rest on a narrow military objective as some looked at it earlier; it’s good that you have a much broader canvas, said Ambassador Saran
Speaking to StratNews Global Editor-in-Chief Nitin A. Gokhale on ‘The Gist‘ he said the small, vulnerable countries in the Indo-Pacific feel they have no option but to turn to China for developing their economy and infrastructure. “If the Quad can provide an alternative, that is the need of the hour.”
Nitin A. Gokhale is a media entrepreneur, one of South Asia's leading strategic affairs analyst and author of over a dozen books so far on military history, insurgencies and wars.
Starting his career in journalism in 1983, he has since led teams of journalists across media platforms.
A specialist in conflict coverage, Gokhale has covered the insurgencies in India’s North-East, the 1999 Kargil conflict and Sri Lanka’s Eelam War IV between 2006-2009.
Gokhale now travels across the globe to speak at seminars and conferences, and lecture at India’s premier defence colleges. He has founded three niche portals, Bharatshakti.in, stratnewsglobal.com and Interstellar.news.
