Lalit Kapur - Volume IX, Issue 9

DPG is deeply committed to the growth of India’s national power and purpose, the security and prosperity of the people of India and India’s contributions to the global public good. [...] On the other hand, Australia and ASEAN made common cause in opposing Vietnam’s intervention to overthrow the despotic Pol Pot regime in Cambodia, which worked to the detriment of India’s relations in the region. [...] He also announced an Energy Cooperation Package to support the ASEAN Centre for Energy; the establishment of an ASEAN Centre for Climate Change; the appointment of ten business champions to facilitate greater linkage between economies; improved visa access for Southeast Asian nations; the establishment of an ASEAN-Australia Centre at Canberra; and the establishment of scholarships for ASEAN studen. [...] In comparison, Australia had invested $ 121 billion in New Zealand; $ 265 billion in Belgium; $ 831 billion in the UK; and $ 1434 billion in the US. [...] Australia has prepared the ground for securing the region through structures like AUKUS, the Quad, trilaterals with Japan and the Philippines, and an incipient Australia-Indonesia-India trilateral.