Archive · 31 Jul 2026
India Expands Influence Strategically in the Indo-Pacific Region
India’s leader, Narendra Modi, has been visiting almost every country in the Indo‑Pacific, like Japan, Singapore, and Australia, to build friendships.
He has gone to many big meetings, such as the QUAD talks, to show India’s growing power.
India also started a big $10‑billion project on Great Nicobar Island near a busy sea route.
Modi wants India to be part of a free, open, and inclusive Indo‑Pacific, not just the US’s idea.
A former Singapore leader, Lee Kuan Yew, said China’s rise will change the world balance in the next 30‑40 years, which shows why India is paying attention.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has visited 14 of 15 Indo‑Pacific countries, excluding Cambodia, Taiwan, and North Korea.
Modi has attended 12 ASEAN‑India Summits, 9 East Asia Summits, and all six QUAD leader‑level summits since 2021.
India launched the $10‑billion Great Nicobar Island Development Project near the Strait of Malacca to assert maritime presence.
Modi proposed a “Free, Open and Inclusive Indo‑Pacific” (FOIIP) concept, contrasting the US’s “Free and Open Indo‑Pacific” motto.
The article cites Lee Kuan Yew’s 2013 remark that China’s rise will require a new global balance within 30‑40 years.
- Who
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi
- What
- Expanding India's influence in the Indo-Pacific region
- When
- Past decade, especially 2021‑2024
- Where
- Indo-Pacific region
- Why
- Strategic autonomy and counterbalancing China
- Prime Minister
- Narendra Modi
- Region
- Indo-Pacific
- Great Nicobar Project Cost
- $10 billion
- QUAD Participation
- All six leader-level summits since 2021
- FOIIP Concept
- Free, Open and Inclusive Indo-Pacific