Enough time has now gone past since the idea was first floated to see, no matter how desirable such a concept may be, nothing substantial will or can ever bring it to fruition. The differences between the four are just too substantial; their interests too discrete. No American soldier will ever be sent to die defending India’s remote Ladakh region, just as no Indian destroyers will be dispatched to protect Japan’s claim over the barren Senkaku rocks.
