India ranks fourth on the Asia Power Index, which attempts to measure the power of countries in the Asia-Pacific.
The Asia Power Index, developed by the Lowy Institute in Australia, covers 25 countries across a very broad geographical spectrum, extending to Pakistan, Russia and Australia and the U.S. India ranks behind the U.S, China and Japan in that order. Following India are Russia, Australia, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia in that order to round out the top 10.