{"id":6524,"date":"2019-11-11T08:30:22","date_gmt":"2019-11-10T22:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/?p=6524"},"modified":"2023-08-06T20:07:18","modified_gmt":"2023-08-06T10:07:18","slug":"indias-clever-alliances-with-island-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/indias-clever-alliances-with-island-states\/","title":{"rendered":"India\u2019s clever alliances with island states"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/tag\/ian-hall\/\">IAN HALL<\/a>  |  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As India struggles to manage China\u2019s economic and diplomatic influence in its immediate neighbourhood, it has recently made progress in building more robust ties with four crucial island states in the Indian Ocean: Mauritius, the Maldives, Seychelles, and Sri Lanka. 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