India needs to anchor its foreign policy and military doctrine in
- exigent, transactional needs
- current reality
- civilizational logic
Example of the first- Israel
Example of the second- UAE
Example of the third- Thailand, Indonesia, Cambodia
Yes the third looks far away but unless you have clarity, you cant transform.
Cancel the Quad. It's dead. The US has made it so.
India should start with IUS - India, UAE, Singapore to secure the Indian ocean from Hormuz to Malacca. That's all matters for India.