In recent years, U.S.-India cooperation has continued to develop under the Indo-Pacific strategic framework, which has had a certain impact on China. This article will take the development of the Indo-Pacific strategy in the five years since the United States and India formally joined forces, the role of India and the United States in geopolitics and the potential impact on China. It is noteworthy that in this process, India's role gradually shifted from being an ally of the USSR to a cooperative relationship with the United States. The United States has also maintained the continuous promotion of the Indo-Pacific strategy and further strengthened cooperation with India. Although the threat to China is relatively low, this cooperation has brought certain pressure and instability to the neighboring small countries, and at the same time it has also sought new development opportunities for China in regional cooperation.
Since 2017, India has been building a cooperative relationship with the United States, gradually moving away from its former role as an ally of the Soviet Union. During the Trump era, the United States has mostly "bragged" about its cooperation with India, giving various titles and names, and conducting military exercises and intelligence sharing. However, after 2020, the United States began to provide substantial assistance to India in a real sense, such as the migration of the first chain, the sharing of aviation development technology, and international strategic support. It can be said that under the Indo-Pacific strategy, the United States is trying to bring India into its own system and make it fully involved in the operation to contain China. In this process, the United States' attitude towards India is different from that of the Trump era, no longer just coexisting with cooperation and suppression, but deepening cooperation in all aspects.
1. India is gradually abandoning the strategic idea of the Third World
Driven by comprehensive cooperation between the United States and India, India's foreign policy has changed. Modi began to abandon the strategic thinking of the Third World in favor of the full acceptance of the United States and Western countries. On the G20 summit and the Palestinian-Israeli issue, India firmly supports the positions of Israel and other Western countries. This shift shows India's growing preference for close diplomatic ties with the United States and its allies.
2. Increase geopolitical pressure on China's neighborhood
The continuous strengthening of US-India cooperation has brought destabilizing factors and pressures to China's small neighboring countries. These small countries are very nervous and worried about India's actions, which in turn have become "attack points" for China to promote regional cooperation. As the Sino-US game gradually extends to the global arena, China can take advantage of the United States' penchant for provoking geopolitics to take the initiative to seize opportunities and open up and develop the "middle ground".
3. The threat of the Indo-Pacific strategy to China
Although the threat to China from U.S.-India cooperation is relatively low, China still needs to be vigilant and respond to the challenges that may arise from India's cooperation with the United States under the framework of the Indo-Pacific strategy. The advancement and development of the Indo-Pacific strategy has made China face more pressure and competitors in geopolitical competition, and it needs to strengthen its comprehensive strength and international cooperation.
In the five years since the United States and India officially joined forces, the relationship between India and the United States has shifted from an ally of the Soviet Union to a comprehensive cooperative partnership in the process of advancing the Indo-Pacific strategy. The United States is trying to draw India into its own system in order to contain China's influence, and India is gradually embracing and supporting the strategic positions of the United States and Western countries. For China, U.S.-India cooperation does not pose a direct threat, but concerns and tensions with smaller neighboring countries have increased the challenges for China's regional cooperation. In the context of the Sino-US game, China needs to respond flexibly and take advantage of geopolitical opportunities to develop and develop cooperation with neighboring countries to safeguard its own interests and regional stability.
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