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As the world’s focus shifts from Europe to the Indo-Pacific, the relationship between two of the largest democracies in the region, India and Australia, will assume greater significance.

This paper argues that there are a number of opportunities that Pakistan and India may capitalise on in order to build a deeper relationship in the longer term.

As India shifts its strategic orientation from being primarily a continental power to a maritime one, in a move that will help to establish its credentials as a great power in the Indo-Pacific region, New Zealand is keen to deepen relations with a fellow democracy.

Almost 15 years later, in 2012, the IOR-ARC looks set for a revival. India and Australia are back in the leading seats as Chair and Vice-Chair respectively and, from a number of quarters, both from within and external to the Indian Ocean Region, there appears to be renewed interest in its potential.