Post-Doklam, India asserts itself in China's backyard

Highlight convergence with Quad nations

PM Modi, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang Philippines President
Rodrigo Duterte in Manila on Tuesday. 

Displaying convergence of interests with the new quadrilateral grouping with U.S. Japan and Australia, India on Tuesday reached put to China's backyard, addressing an array of issues ranging from the tension in the Korean peninsula to freedom if navigation and sought a crackdown on chemical weapons during the ASEAN-India and the East Asia summits.

More dependable

A high-level India official that the New Delhi has emerged as a more dependable partner for South-East Asia following the Doklam face-off China and indicated that the new South-East Asian countries expect New Delhi to be assertive with Beijing. "The outcome of the Doklam crisis has shown India has reached a stage where it can be a resilient strategic them," said to the official.