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It is unambiguously in Australia’s interest to strengthen our relationship with India in many aspects.

The inclusion of Australia in the 2020 Exercise Malabar signals India’s resolve to defend its interests in the region.

It’s fashionable to be pessimistic about the India-Australia partnership, but in fact it is steadily improving.

The two countries have an opportunity to pursue air-power cooperation in the Indo-Pacific, where stability is essential.

Australia has been trying to get India’s attention for some time – and it seems it has finally managed to crack through.

A last minute approval for the controversial Adani coal mine has brought Australia-India relations into the campaign.

India deserves sustained closer scrutiny, but with Australian media groups shuttering bureaux, attention is fleeting.

Payne emphasised that it is in Australia’s vital national interest for the Indian Ocean to remain open and peaceful.

The strategic convergence between the countries is not matched by strong economic and commercial relations.

It is sobering that Indian diplomats are talking of the Quad as a way to stiffen Australia’s spine.

Organising a loose strategic coalition might upset Beijing, but that's no reason not to forge ahead.

Delhi’s political rhetoric about its dominant position in the Indian Ocean ignore the facts.

Australia has a perfect right to form associations, groupings, dialogues and alliances with whomever it chooses. But wise statecraft does not deal only with entitlements and rights.

The view that India is reluctant to engage Australia in a multilateral naval setting because it is wary of Canberra’s strategic credentials lacks merit.

Australia’s regional engagement in the years ahead can never be conceived within the US/China framework alone.

Indian policymakers still shy away from a grand maritime alliance in the Indo-Pacific.

Australia would be well placed if it established a set of principles for migration when negotiating trade and other deals.

Even if it was ahead of its time in 2007, the contemporary strategic logic of reviving the Quad is compelling.

Amid increasing concerns about China and the US, Australia's relations with India have the potential to assume greater prominence.