India's Foreign Minister, S. Jaishankar, has made it clear that India has no intention of joining a new "Asian NATO" proposed by Japan’s new Prime Minister, Shigeru Ishiba. Speaking to a Washington-based think tank, Jaishankar explained that India does not see the need for such a military alliance in Asia. "We don't have that kind of strategic architecture in mind... We have a different history and different ways of approaching [the issue]," he said.

Shigeru Ishiba, Japan’s Prime Ministe...