COLOMBO -- A defense agreement the U.S. government signed with the Maldives this month is a sign of shifting geopolitical tides in a strategic stretch of the Indian Ocean once dominated by India, South Asia's main power.
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India's approval for a new defense agreement between the U.S. and the Maldives counters China's recent incursions into the region. (Source photos by Reuters)
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