India and Japan: Emerging Indo-Pacific Security Partnership

• Main Author: Jaishankar, Dhruva
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Commentary
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Country and Region Studies; East Asia and Asia Pacific; International Politics and Security; Maritime Security; Conflict and Stability; South Asia
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/80982; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/40755
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

India and Japan, motivated primarily by shared concerns about China, have been developing a closer defence partnership defined by regular maritime exercises and high-level political consultations. The upward trajectory in strategic ties since 2006 can be maintained, as long as both countries take ce...