'India Can Give China A Run For Its Money In The Pacific Islands'

New Delhi: On 'Talking Point', Cleo Paskal, Non-Resident Senior Fellow focussing on the Indo-Pacific at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies in conversation with StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi.

Cleo Paskal discusses External Affairs Minister Dr S. Jaishankar's trip to Fiji, the first high level visit since the change of government in December 2022, his meetings with Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka and other Cabinet Ministers, inaugurating the Vishwa Hindi Sammelan—the World Hindi Conference—with President Ratu Wiliame Katonivere, the "message from Prime Minister Narendra Modi that India's interests in the Indo-Pacific are very substantial, whether economic, trade, the diaspora, the politics, the security and the strategy, or technology", the Fiji-India "unique demand-driven development partnership approach", the Indo-Pacific, Pacific Island Countries, how "India can give China a run for its money in the Pacific Islands", why a "reengaged India offers options in a realigned world", big power rivalry in the region, the U.S., Australia's strategies in the area, "China's entropic war", the fight against Beijing's coercive influence in the Solomon Islands and other PICs and reports of PM Modi making a visit to Papua New Guinea in the first half of 2023.

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[eddycurrentsolutions]

You are absolutely right on these issues.

[laxmirajesh]

Thank you Strat News for bringing Cleo Pascal. I doubt if there is any other speaker from whom I learn so much in one session! The Pacific islands are completely ignored in mainstream news and Cleo Pascal sheds so much light on the power play that is happening there as well as the genuine needs of its citizens. I hope our MEA is also listening to her🤗

[thomashunter]

Why are USA and Japan silent on this issue?

[savvys]

CLEO PASKAL is one of the best analysts in the from Australia 🇦🇺 to StratNewsGlobal.

[hansalas]

India shld try to have influence in the islands in the Indian Ocean region first.
Even Sri Lanka, which is less than 50 Km away, is already under Chinese Control.

[dunkinpossum]

India hasn't yet proven itself to be competitive against China in the ASEAN region, assuming that the result in the Pacific islands most probably be the same.
Like most democracies, Indias extremely good at self appraisal and lip service

[indianmastiff]

India needs to engage the Pacific, but it's navy building program is too slow, compared to China

[seventhuser]

hyping and setting up a country to fight a proxy war against it's enemy.. classic US Move.