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The scheduled visit by the U.S. secretaries of defense and state to India on Sept. 6 highlights Washington’s latest attempt to create a strategic Asian alliance strong enough to counter the growing influence of China.
But is the unformulated plan for a “free and open Indo-Pacific” — promoted by officials from President Donald Trump down — a realistic way to woo regional support?
Trump gave his public backing to the idea during his trip to East and Southeast Asia last year amid growing concern in America of China’s continued defiance of international law by building South China Sea military bases. […]
A US-led Indo-Pacific alliance against China is an outdated idea
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