Associate Fellow, IDSA, Dr Titli Basu’s article on India-Japan Relations, titled ‘India-Japan Relations in the Age of Indo-Pacific’ has been published in The Contemporary India Forum Quarterly Review No 38.
Since fluidity in regional geopolitics and geo-economics is unfolding greater uncertainty today, India and Japan as two major Asian powers have aligned in forward thinking while navigating the challenges and tapping the opportunities that the Indo-Pacific construct has to offer. As this maritime super-region has been mapped by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Shinzo Abe to widen the scope of India-Japan cooperation, this article assesses the prospects of pursuing the shared strategic interests on themes of maritime security and regional connectivity.