Asia’s future depends on equitable relations between all rising powers, and in this context the India-ASEAN partnership is key. Through a framework of mutual cooperation that can in time be enlarged to include the rest of South Asia, India and ASEAN can constitute the pivot of unity that will help counteract the destabilising effects of belligerent powers in the region.
Western intellectuals and academics of Indian-origin, who are engaging Indian audiences with greater frequency constitute the spear’s edge of the diaspora’s engagement with India. The final outcome is a muddling of India’s interests with the interests of the diaspora and its host countries.
Renowned international affairs scholar C Raja Mohan writes in Foreign Policy magazine’s Spring 2023 edition: “The West has an interest in a stronger India that can counter growing Chinese and Russian influence…

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