Credit: Indian Ministry of External Affairs The three nations must take the opportunity In The small, remote Mauritian island of to fortify their partnership to safeguard their North Agalega, located in the southwest Indian interests and uphold the international rules-based Ocean 1,122 kilometers north of the main island order in the Indo-Pacific. [...] As a result, the strategically-located small This could be seen as a significant development island states of the Indian Ocean have become in light of the fierce and ongoing Sino-Indian the center of major power competition in the competition in the Indian Ocean. [...] The island states are key assets in The naval base at Agalega the emerging geopolitical, The facilities on Agalega could serve India’s needs and geoeconomis, and geostrategic will enhance India’s capacity can monitor China’s gray-zone environment of the Indo- to conduct a variety of marine activities in the Indian Ocean. [...] The GIGO convention The government has asked the ruling parties clearly points toward exporting the GCAP fighter to third countries—certainly that is the intention to conclude talks by the end of February to at of both Britain and Italy. [...] yen, and the export of fighter However, Kōmeitō, considered The GIGO convention clearly jets to Europe, the Middle East, one of the most China-friendly points toward exporting and Southeast Asia is on the parties in the Diet, remained the GCAP fighter to third agenda to take advantage of steadfast in its reluctance until countries—certainly that is economies of scale and offset mid-March, when it.
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