India-Japan Relations @70: Building Beyond the Bilateral

Editors: Srabani Roy Choudhury • SahanaThankachan • ParulBakshi

As India and Japan celebrate 70 years of cultural and civilisational bedrock of their diplomatic relations, this volume delineates the past to the present, and proffers a vision for the future. Commemorating the traditional areas of cooperation, it redefines the contours and components of bilateralism, and it offers a glimpse of existing and emerging areas of cooperation, enabling them to “Build Beyond the Bilateral”.

Editors: Srabani Roy Choudhury • SahanaThankachan • ParulBakshi

Dr Srabani Roy Choudhury, Professor, Japanese Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

Dr ShahanaThankachan, Visiting Professor, University of Navarra, Spain

ParulBakshi, Doctoral Candidate, Japanese Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

Contents

Foreword
Acknowledgements
Notes on Contributors
List of Figures and Tables
List of Abbreviations

1. Introduction
Srabani Roy Choudhury, ShahanaThankachan and ParulBakshi
2. FromCivilisational to Strategic Partnership: Walking the Road
Mithilesh Kumar Singh
3. The Soft Power Equation: Delineating the Dynamics
Asmita Chandra and Aishwarya Sahay
4. Securing the Partnership: Lock, Stock, and Barrel
Shahana Thankachan
5. Securing the Seas: Assessing the Evolving Maritime Cooperation
Nabam Tunia
6. Economic Engagement: Tracing the Trajectory
Swati Arora
7. Fostering Connectivity: Collaborating in the Indo-Pacific
Chandrali Sarkar
8. Expanding Boundaries: Cyberspace and Outer Space
Makaranda Barik
9. Mapping the Multilateral Engagements: United Nations, G20, and the East Asia Summit
Ashish Kumar Thakur
10. Energising the Cooperation: Renewable Energy Transitions in the Power Sector
Parul Bakshi
11. The New Frontiers: Endless Opportunities
Srabani Roy Choudhury

Appendix 1
Appendix 2
Appendix 3
Appendix 4
Appendix 5
Appendix 6
Appendix 7
Index