David Brewster, Visiting Fellow at the Strategic and Defense Studies Center, Australian National University, explains that "The development of the India-Australia relationship is consistent with Washington's objectives for both countries to take a more active security role in the Indian Ocean and can also be seen as part of a slow tilt by India towards the US security sphere."

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