New Delhi, June 28 -- Geography endures; strategy and statecraft determine how well nations leverage it. Nowhere is this more evident than in India's evolving relationship with Seychelles. The strategic importance of Seychelles has remained constant. What has changed over the past decade is India's increasingly proactive statecraft, built upon a long-standing appreciation of that enduring geopolitical reality.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ongoing visit (his second after eleven years) reaffirms and advances that strategic continuity. It is far more than another bilateral engagement or the celebration of fifty years of diplomatic relations. It reaffirms India's determination to strengthen trusted partnerships across the Indian Ocean, as ...