Anchoring Indo-Japanese Maritime Relations
Rupakjyoti Borah
Ensuring security of energy supplies and safeguarding sea lines of communication are underpinning increasing maritime ties between the net-energy importers of India and Japan. At the same time, argues Rupakjyoti Borah, strategic cooperation is being spurred by mutual concerns regarding China’s increasingly assertive posture and ambitions in the Indian Ocean and South China Sea.
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