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Modi’s visit: Australia, India seek to gain strength from each other
ASPI The Strategist Institutional·2026-07-13AllianceP7: Alliance ArchitectureP5: Strategic Decoupling
Why it matters
The Modi visit formalises Australia–India defence cooperation and signals an active hedge against US Indo-Pacific dominance, directly strengthening Pillar 7 (Alliance) through minilateral coalition-building with like-minded Asian democracies. This supports Pillar 5 (Decoupling) by reducing Australia's singular dependency on US military presence, building redundancy in the security architecture across the Quad and broader Indo-Pacific partners.
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