The decision by the Australian government to revoke its ban on uranium exports to India has underlined the rapidly changing strategic reality in the Asian strategic landscape.

When a "concert of democracies" in the Asia-Pacific was mooted under the Bush administration, it drew a lot of flak, but once again Washington is pushing for a trilateral India-Australia-U.S. and India-Japan-U.S. economic and security partnerships.

Not surprisingly, China's Global Times has warned that the United States is trying to "form a gang" against China's territorial claims on the South China Sea.