Regionalising India-Japan Relations in Indo-Pacific
August 27, 2019
Research Fellow, Dr. Jagannath Panda’s co-authored paper “Regionalising India-Japan Relations in Indo-Pacific” is published in the Special Study titled Implementing the Indo-Pacific: Japan’s Region-Building Initiatives (August 2019) Edited By Kyle Springer, Senior Research Analyst, Perth USAsia Centre at the University of Western Australia.
The chapter evaluates the undercurrents of India-Japan relations to evaluate how and why the two countries are seeking to shape the regional order. It is argued that their shared vision aims to move the relationship beyond bilateralism to a regional framework of socio-economic and political integration that will serve the Indian and Japanese interest in the face of the expanding, and potentially dominating influence of China in the region. The chapter traces the development of this vision and blueprint and identifies the major challenges it must overcome.
