where can I read about indian troops in the south asian region?”
India refashions itself as global military power: NYT New York, Sep 22: From a country focused on self-defence against Pakistan and China, India has begun to refashion itself as an armed power with global reach. It is willing to dispatch troops in far away lands to protect its oil shipments, its expatriate population in the Middle East and shoulder international peacekeeping duties, the New York Times wrote Monday. While world attention has focused on China’s military in recent years, “India sees itself in a different light – not looking so much inward and looking at Pakistan, but globally”, William S. Cohen, a secretary of defence in the Clinton administration told the Times. “It’s sending a signal that it’s going to be a big player,” added Cohen, now a lobbyist representing US firms seeking weapons contracts in India. India is now buying armaments that major powers like the US use to operate far from home – aircraft carriers, giant transport planes and airborne refuelling tankers, th
