Poised for Partnership: Deepening India–Japan Relations in the Asian Century

The growing strategic partnership between India and Japan is one of the most important geopolitical developments of the twenty-first century. This volume brings together a cross-generational group of scholars and analysts from both countries to study four key areas of bilateral cooperation: economics, energy and climate change, security, and global governance.

The specific issues covered in the book include: trade, investment, energy security, renewable energy, maritime security, peacekeeping, multilateral institutional reform, nuclear non-proliferation, and the rise of China.

The contributors to the volume discuss their respective countries’ interests, how successful their country has been in achieving them, the obstacles to deeper bilateral cooperation, and concrete policies that both sides can undertake to impart vitality and longevity to their partnership.

At present, there is a dearth of policy-relevant scholarly literature on India-Japan relations. This volume comprehensively fills this niche at a particularly opportune moment, when New Delhi and Tokyo have signalled their intention to significantly increase bilateral cooperation.

Contents: Introduction: the historical context/Rohan Mukherjee and Anthony Yazaki. Part I: Economic Cooperation. 1. Japan’s economic recovery and growing economic relations with India/Shujiro Urata and Mitsuyo Ando. 2. An Economic partnership for twenty-first century Asia/Devesh Kapur and Rohit Lamba. Part II: Energy and Climate Change. 3. Towards a co-beneficial energy partnership/Nobuo Tanaka and Anthony Yazaki. 4. Energizing India-Japan cooperation on clean energy and climate change/Shyam Saran and Radhika Khosla. Part III: Security and Defence. 5. Japan-India security cooperation: in pursuit of a sound and pragmatic partnership/Noboru Yamaguchi and Shutaro Sano. 6. India-Japan strategic partnership: steady advance amidst enduring constraints/C. Raja Mohan and Rishika Chauhan. Part IV: Global Governance. 7. Japan-India relations from the perspectives of global governance and international institutions/Shinichi Kitaoka and Naoko Kumagai. 8. India and Japan: partnering to shape multilateral rules and institutions?/Waheguru Pal Singh Sidhu and Karthik Nachiappan. Conclusion: overcoming a history of missed opportunities/Anthony Yazaki and Rohan Mukherjee. Index.