Partly motivated by a desire to counterbalance China’s rising geopolitical influence, Japan and the US have sought to draw India into a multilateral alliance consisting of democratic countries in the Asia-Pacific region. Indeed, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has vowed to forge a “democratic security diamond” with the US, Australia, and India.
莫迪掌权以来，印度一直受到日本和美国的强国的追捧。部分是因为渴望制衡中国地缘政治影响力的增加，日本和美国决定将印度纳入由亚太地区民主国家组成的多边联盟。事实上，日本首相安倍晋三信誓旦旦地要与美国、澳大利亚和印度打造“民主安全菱形”。