A forward looking approach

A forward looking approach

The Indo-Pacific region is vast, stretching from the ASEAN countries across the Pacific Ocean to Australia and New Zealand. After completing his visit to Indonesia last week (which I noted in my column last week) Modi went to Australia and New Zealand. He was the first Indian Prime Minister to visit the latter country in forty years. That in itself was significant but more so was the decision to upgrade relations to a ‘strategic partnership’ and…