As China escalates its saber-rattling in the Indo-Pacific, India has actively sought security pacts with other regional powers, including recent agreements with Australia to provide logistical support to military aircraft and Australia-US-UK (Aukus) nuclear-powered submarines. These deals come amid questions over US President Donald Trump’s global military strategy and commitments to the region. India, Australia and the US — along with Japan — launched the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad) in 2007, but how relevant is that framework in 2025? And how could these pacts help in the event of a military conflict in the Taiwan Strait? In this episode, we discuss the India-Australia friendship, naval and air logistics, the future of the Quad, and other recent security developments in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) and beyond.
*Recorded on October 14, 2025 at 3pm Taiwan Standard Time
Host: Yin Khvat
Our guests:
Tony Hu
- Former US Department of Defense Senior Director for China, Taiwan and Mongolia
Sana Hashmi
- Taiwan-Asia Exchange Foundation Fellow
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