The India-Japan strategic partnership: evolving synergy in the Indo-Pacific

摘要

Defence and security cooperation between India and Japan have evolved steadily over the years and constitute a strong pillar of the bilateral relationship. Increasing frequency of defence exchanges along the entire spectrum is mutually beneficial. India views Japan as a potential source of considerable investment that can offer significant partnership opportunities for India to deepen its relations with the East. The article takes a brief historic account of bilateral relations and analyses the bilateral relations and its regional and global impact in the backdrop of Japanese Prime Minister Abe's visit to India in December 2015. Prominent areas of cooperation such as strategic, defence and security along with economic cooperation are widely discussed in the backdrop of rapidly changing geopolitical calculus between the US and China.