US Pacific Command name change risks damaging India ties: ‘senseless’

A Pentagon decision to strip “Indo” from the name of its largest unified military command eight years after it was initially added has raised questions about the United States’ continuing commitment to India.

In a statement announcing the Indo-Pacific Command’s name change on June 16, US officials portrayed the move as a matter of “honour”, “pride” and respecting “historical roots”.

But analysts told This Week in Asia that New Delhi would likely read the reversion to Pacific Command (PACOM) as...