The India-Japan Maritime Security MoA: Consolidating an Indo-Pacific Partnership

India and Japan have signed a new maritime security arrangement aimed at deepening naval cooperation across the Indo-Pacific. The pact expands work on logistics, port access, mine countermeasures, ship repair […]
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s Visit to India: Assessing Outcomes and the Future of India-Japan Ties

This roundtable will examine the outcomes of the visit and their implications for India-Japan relations. It will explore opportunities and challenges in strategic, economic, technological, and people-to-people cooperation, while assessing how both countries can deepen collaboration, advance shared priorities, and strengthen their Special Strategic and Global Partnership in the Indo-Pacific.
Expert Roundtable with NIDS Japan Delegation

The closed-door roundtable between Japan’s National Institute for Defense Studies and Indian experts at CSDR reviewed Indo-Pacific security shifts, major-power rivalry, and implications for regional alignment. It also discussed India-Japan defense cooperation, the Quad’s evolving role, and the increasing influence of the Global South in global governance.
Trump heat, Tokyo-Tianjin warmth: Modi begins to rejig India’s major power relations

In riding roughshod over partners such as Australia, India, Japan and South Korea on trade, and by threatening to weaponise security ties, Trump has forced them both to strengthen bonds […]