1/ In a word: no. Delhi doesn't think China will curb IOR ambitions if no quad. Its view re latter shaped by few different things
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I think ultimately the OBOR stance and the Quad stance are in tension. Now maybe the argument is given OBOR, Quad is too much.
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But you don't improve Australia and US reliability by being so fickle yourself in preliminary maneuvers to form a balancing coalition.
Delhi is calculating what Canberra & DC will do in formulating its policy, but Canberra & DC have to assess India's reliability too.
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1/ i've written abt mutual concerns re reliability brook.gs/2bPDqWp. but wldn't call this "fickle" since hadn't signed up to this
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Impression in India is that Australia's Asia (Ch,Ind) policy tended to change with every PM (even from same party)
