Addressing a forum the other day, India’s Defence Minister Rajnath Singh did well to pitch for an Indo-Pacific. This is an excellent idea indeed. We all know the Indo-Pacific region hosts the straits of Hormuz, Bab-el-Mandeb and Malacca, crucial for the growth of almost all major economic powers in the region. This makes an effective co-ordination among the states, including India, in the region to protect the straits a must.

One, however, is not sure how serious New Delhi has been about the idea of Indo-Pacific.  So far, it has done little to equip the region with an appropriate security architecture to defend its interests. South Korea, an important power in the region, is not yet part of even the vague Quadrilateral Security Dialogue forum India, along with  the United States, Japan and........

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