John Lee, fellow at the Sydney-based Center for Independent Studies states that despite the abundance of strategic and diplomatic activity in the region reflecting New Delhi’s growing importance, India remains Australia’s great ‘strategic blind-spot' and as a result Canberra's diplomatic engagement with New Delhi was poor. In a Foreign Policy Analysis paper, "The importance of India: Restoring sight to Australia's strategic blind spot" he traces the rise of 'strategic India' and the continuing weak Canberra-New Delhi link in the wake of India's improving government-to-government relationships with key security partners in the Asia-Pacific.
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