Australia, India Sharpened Their Policies Against China Due To Its Behaviour: US Think-Tank

"Aggressive Chinese behaviour toward Australia and India in the wake of the pandemic has spurred both countries to sharpen their policies toward China," it said.

China's behaviour towards Australia and India has spurred both the countries to sharpen their policies against Beijing, an influential American think-tank has observed, saying that restoring US alliances and partnerships in the Indo-Pacific is critical to compete more effectively against the Communist giant. Beijing's growing economic might, military modernisation, and aggressive diplomatic efforts were already eroding America's competitive advantage and shifting the regional balance of power in the Indo-Pacific before the COVID-19 crisis began, said the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) in its latest report. The report titled "Positive Visions, Powerful Partnerships: The Keys to Competing with China in a Post-Pandemic Indo-Pacific" said that the pandemic has accelerated trends in the diplomatic, economic, and defence realms in ways that reinforce structural challenges for the United States, but also create opportunities for it to compete more effectively against China. "Restoring US alliances and partnerships in the Indo-Pacific is critical to competing more effectively against China," said the report authored jointly by a group of experts, including Stephen Tankel, Adjunct Senior Fellow, Indo-Pacific Security Programme at CNAS and Lisa Curtis Senior Fellow and Director, Indo-Pacific Security Programme at CNAS among others.