Japan’s Free and Open Indo-Pacific Post-COVID-19
May 22, 2020
Associate Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr. Titli Basu’s article titled ‘Japan’s Free and Open Indo-Pacific Post-COVID-19’ has been published in ‘Australian Outlook’ (Australian Institute of International Affairs) on May 22, 2020.
COVID-19 arrived amidst fierce US-China strategic competition, an eroding European project, fractured global economic governance architecture, contested hyper globalisation, and intense techno-nationalism. While mismanagement of COVID-19 led to China’s Chernobyl moment, it also exposed corrosion in US leadership. While the pandemic has exacerbated a new wave of economic nationalism, isolationism is not an option. Balancing domestic interests and leading multilateralism and global cooperation in the post-COVID-19 world will define Abe’s legacy.
