Foreign ministers of Japan, U.S., India to meet on N Korea

Very positive to see India, the U.S and Japan getting closer.

In terms of Malabar, obviously there is the question Australia's participation but further to that, I wonder about the position of Indonesia. Would be great to see any outreach to ASEAN really focus on Indonesia. The bigger political/religious picture doesn't make it easy with both Indonesia and Pakistan being majority Sunni Islam and India & Pakistan having quite a poor relationship at this point.

Vietnam needs to be another major focus.

Good to see India, a nuclear power and a democracy , come onboard.