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Immigration Post ------------12-13 Do you think US sanctions on Life Style ------------------------ 14-15 Myanmar will work? gion. During a Congressional hearing on America's Way On March 12, Biden opened the first Quad Lead- Forward in the Indo-Pacific, chaired by him, Bera said OP-ED------------------------------- 34 Last week’s result ers' Summit held virtually and attended by Prime Min- from increased aggression in the South and East China Info/Highlights ---------------------- 4 Real Estate -------------------- 30-31 Do you think UN should ister Modi, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison Sea, to the use of coercive trade measures, China is intervene in Myanmar? TechBiz Post ------------------ 10-11 and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga. the greatest geopolitical challenge they have faced YES 82% NO 18% Travel & Hospitality Post -------- 16 The Indo-Pacific is the most consequential region in decades. 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The Indo-Pacific also holds significant Member of Subcommittee and Co- Belt and Road Initiative, possibly Here too, the term itself is very tell- promise and opportunity for the United Chair of the House India Caucus, que- through a regional fund involving Aus- States, in large part because of the ried from Schriver on how the US should tralia, India, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, friendship and partnership of our re- partner with India for maintenance of and European countries. gional actors and organizations, he said. international order in the region. While India is an important partner, it The evolving situation in the Indo-Pa- In response, Schriver said he is opti- is unlikely to become a formal ally. It cific region in the wake of China's in- mistic about the US-India relations, wants to avoid a breakdown in its rela- creasing military muscle flexing has be- which have grown under all administra- tions with China and will zealously come a major talking point among lead- tions especially in defense during the guard its strategic autonomy while it ing global powers. The US has been fa- Obama administration. India and the US focuses on managing its fraught rela- voring making Quad a security archi- have a shared understanding of threats tionship with Pakistan, its domestic de- tecture to check China's growing including from China and Pakistan, velopment, and its border with China, assertiveness. which is a close ally of China, he said. Hass said. China is engaged in hotly contested Shriver said that India can be a strong