The Indo-Pacific designation was adopted in 2018, when then-Defence Secretary Jim Mattis announced the change from Pacific Command to Indo-Pacific Command, a move that reflected India's growing strategic importance in the region.
The US has officially dropped 'Indo' from its Indo-Pacific Command, eight years after the designation was adopted in 2018. This change reverses a previous move by then-Defence Secretary Jim Mattis, which originally aimed to reflect India's growing strategic importance in the…
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