Bolstering Security Ties on the 70th Anniversary of India-Japan Relations
Vindu Mai Chotani
May 9, 2022
In the latest issue of India in Transition, Vindu Mai Chotani (Adjunct Lecturer, Meiji University & Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University) analyses how India and Japan can advance their security ties in the quest for a stable Indo-Pacific.
This article is the second in a two-part guest-edited IiT series. The articles in this series seek to make sense of the changing dynamics of India’s security and foreign policies. India and Japan enjoy warm bilateral ties and are set to celebrate the 70th year of their diplomatic relations. Despite the bonhomie, however, Vindu Mai Chotani cautions against certain gaps in their worldviews and especially their perceptions of China. Moreover, she argues that both countries need to shed some structural impediments to further enhance their security ties.
(Guest Editor: Anit Mukherjee, RSIS, Nanyang Technological University)
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Swagato Ganguly (CASI Spring 2022 Visiting Fellow) was featured in "The Cold War’s Long Shadow," a May 2, 2022 Penn Today interview with Kristina García. In the conversation, he discusses points raised in his April 21, 2022 CASI Seminar.
When Ideas Matter: Democracy and Corruption in India (Cambridge University Press, 2021) by Bilal Baloch (CASI Non-Resident Visiting Scholar; Co-Founder and COO, Enquire) was reviewed in "Ideas Definitely Matter!" by Satyendra Ranjan in the April 30, 2022 issue of Economic & Political Weekly.
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