- PM Modi and his National Security officials have a busy itinerary lined up for coming months at major world forums: BRICS summit in July, UN general assembly in New York in September.
- Then, there is a summit of Association of South East Asian Nations summit in Nay Pyi Taw in October, G-20 meeting in Brisbane.
- India also is looking at Japan and Vietnam seeking to militarily engaging with it to counter rise of China in face of seeming decline of US clout, threats from Islamists in W Asia, source of fuel for India.
- Read at: http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/national-security-will-be-a-major-challenge/article6051368.ece
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