In its report The Sino-Indian Clash and the New Geopolitics of the Indo-Pacific authored by the South Asia Center of Washington-based Atlantic Council made a series of recommendations to help India meet security challenges.
Highlights of the Report authored by Robert A. Manning and Bharath Gopalaswamy, as reported by Live Mint are:
- India should propose regular India-U.S.-China talks at least on an annual basis, perhaps on the margins of the G20 or the East Asian Summit meetings aimed at minimizing the risk of misperception or miscalculation.
- India and the U.S. should enhance joint maritime patrols in the Indian Ocean.
- United States and India must boost bilateral security cooperation in the Asia-Pacific.
- India should also seek assistance from Japan and the United States in developing its indigenous shipbuilding capabilities and should consider permitting Australia to join the Malabar exercises to resurrect the initial Quadrilateral grouping.
- India should improve its carrier aviation capacity, which will help maintain sea control in the Indian Ocean.
- The United States can play a major role in helping India modernize its unmanned aerial vehicle fleet.
- India must seek to improve its space surveillance capacities. India already possesses a developed space program which it must utilize to serve practical military needs.
- India should establish forward bases to advise the military of neighboring countries. India could set up a brigade for each South Asian nation (other than Pakistan), which would take on the responsibility of training and advising the military of those countries.
- India could also create a satellite campus of the National Defense Academy, or an entirely new academy, to train greater numbers of Bhutanese/ Nepali/ Bangladeshi/ Sri Lankan troops in India.
The report noted that as a democracy and a committed market-oriented economy, India appears more focused than China on the rules-based global order, while trying to build a larger role and expand its voice and influence within it.
Last updated: December 26th, 2025
