India-Australia Strategic Partnership: Leveraging Aerospace Capacity

Category : India India’s, Military, India-Australia Relations
Title : India-Australia strategic partnership: Leveraging aerospace capacity
Author : M Matheswaran 02-06-2020

The forthcoming virtual summit between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison assumes considerable significance for an India-Australia strategic partnership, particularly as it comes against the backdrop of heightened friction with China for both countries. Enhanced defence cooperation between the two countries could be an important signal to Beijing of the costs of overly assertive strategic behaviour – whether in the Himalaya or in trade. For some years, defence cooperation has largely focused on the naval relationship. Now is the time for enhanced air-power cooperation.

M Matheswaran

Air Marshal M Matheswaran (Retd) is the founder President of TPF. He is an Air force veteran and was the Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff, MOD, in his last appointment. He specialises in Defence and Aerospace, National Security and Geopolitics, Military Strategy and War studies, and China's aerospace power.