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During a recent visit to an East Asian country, I had the opportunity to meet a senior minister who asked me an interesting question: “Will India lead us?” This was an unusual question given the standing of that country. But it demonstrated the growing stature and relevance of India in the region. India’s rise in significance as a pole in the Indian Ocean region, to which many regional countries would gravitate, is an important strategic development of the century. I politely told the minister that the era of the “leader and the led” was over. India is not building any...
