聽聽聽聽 In his landmark speech titled 鈥淐onfluence of the Two Seas,鈥 delivered before the Indian Parliament in August 2007, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe noted that 鈥渢he Pacific and the Indian Oceans are now bringing about a dynamic coupling as seas of freedom and of prosperity.鈥 That was during his first term as prime […]
(Third of Five Parts) While Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is in the United States for a summit聽with President Donald Trump,聽JAPAN Forward runs a series of articles that provides a closer look at the Japanese leader. Originally published in Japanese in the January 2018 edition of聽Hanada聽magazine, the articles were written by Professor Tomohiko Taniguchi, […]
聽 (Conclusion) Part 1: Strengthening the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue: Lessons from NATO 聽 This two-part series on the renewed Indo-Pacific Quadrilateral Security dialogue among Australia, India, Japan and the United States examines the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the lessons it can impart with its success. 聽 In Part 1, the author […]
聽 聽 (First of Two Parts) In recent years there have been growing concerns among nations in the Indo-Pacific region about the rise of China. In this regard, a Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (known as the 鈥淨uad鈥)鈥攊ncluding Japan, Australia, India, and the United States鈥攈as now emerged. This multilateral group has the potential to play a […]
聽 The latest聽China Security Report聽published by Japan鈥檚 National Institute for Defense Studies (NIDS) in February aims to analyze China鈥檚 military and security affairs from a mid- to long-term perspective. It assesses the development of China鈥檚 foreign and security policy towards the United States and vice versa, and the overall China-US relationship in East Asia. […]
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, right, shakes hands with Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang in New Delhi, March 3, 2018. (AP) Vietnam, by virtue of its location close to the South China Sea, occupies a very important place in both India鈥檚 Act-East Policy and Japan鈥檚 Free and Open Indo-Pacific Strategy. It […]
聽聽聽 Much water has flowed down the mighty Ganges since the end of the Cold War. That was when Japan and India started coming closer to each other鈥攁gain鈥攏otwithstanding the dip in their ties in the wake of India鈥檚 nuclear tests in 1998. In spite of historical ties dating back eons ago, the two countries […]
The new year is an opportune time to take stock of the challenges that lie before India on the foreign policy front. Earlier in 2017, India celebrated 70 years of its independence with pomp and pageantry. The country had successfully overcome a few challenges in the foreign policy realm during this period. It […]
Whether one considers Shinzo Abe鈥檚 decision to call a snap election in October and Donald Trump鈥檚 Asian trip in November successes or not, many Japanese and Americans believe, correctly in my view, that North Korea is the most immediate threat which聽cannot be ignored. However, China is the more serious medium to long-term concern that聽will […]
Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, left, US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull attend a trilateral meeting at ASEAN. 聽聽聽聽 A recent meeting between聽officials from the United States, Japan, Australia, and India on the sidelines of the 31st ASEAN Summit and has set the news circles aflutter not only in these countries, but […]
On his trip to Da Nang in central Vietnam, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met with Chinese President Xi Jinping on聽the evening of November 11th, with both leaders聽vowing to further improve relations between their countries. The Prime Minister called for China to play a greater role in efforts to exert maximum pressure on North […]
