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Don McLain Gill
Don McLain Gill
Don McLain Gill is a resident fellow at the Manila-based International Development and Security Cooperation and director for South and Southeast Asia at the Philippine-Middle East Studies Association. He is also a geopolitical analyst and author who has written extensively on South Asian geopolitics and Indian foreign policy. 

Attempts to overcome the grouping’s internal divisions to move on two critical issues – the South China Sea disputes and engagement with Myanmar – are a positive development.

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The crisis has highlighted shared areas of concern in economics and defence across Southeast Asia, where ties with Russia are complicated and hard to sever. India’s avoidance of bloc politics makes it more attractive as a strategic partner.

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New Delhi’s decision to send warships to a region fraught with geopolitical tension has raised eyebrows. But rather than a move aimed at countering China, India is driven by a desire to expand its defence industry and better establish itself as a rising benign power.

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