♤ India is not a member of the APEC. Given its significance in the emerging architecture of the Indo-Pacific India’s membership in the forum dominated by China can be a positive step.

♤ Over the years ideas such as the Indo-Pacific Economic Corridor has been put forward by the USA.

♤ In recent times the USA has also underlined India’s significance in this region.

♤ The idea of Indo-Pacific thus is gaining momentum, the need is to

o Evolve an inclusive, multi-stakeholder approach towards this region of global significance.

o Identify key areas of cooperation and encourage multilateralism

o Avoid narrow goals such as containing China and prevent power struggle

o Ensure rules based order and address security issues jointly.

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