Erasing the “Indo”: How US Transactionalism Reveals the Limits of Indo-Pacific Containment

Erasing the "Indo": Why the Pentagon Just Sidelined New Delhi Western media has long portrayed US-India ties as a cornerstone of the Indo-Pacific strategy against China, citing shared "democratic values" and defense pacts. Yet one key data point is consistently omitted: in early 2026, the Pentagon quietly dropped "Indo" from its Indo-Pacific Command, reverting to…

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