India-japan Strategic Cooperation and Implications for U.s. Strategy in the Indo-asia-pacific Region
Author | : National Defense University (US) |
Publisher | : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Total Pages | : 58 |
Release | : 2017-05-09 |
ISBN-10 | : 1546579249 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781546579243 |
Rating | : 4/5 (49 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: The emerging strategic relationship between India and Japan is significant for the future security and stability of the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. It is also a critical emergent relationship for U.S. security objectives across the Asia-Pacific. India possesses the most latent economic and military potential of any state in the wider Asia-Pacific region. Therefore, India is the state with the greatest potential outside of the United States itself to contribute to the objectives of the "Rebalance to the Pacific" announced by Washington in 2011. This "rebalance" was aimed at fostering a stable, prosperous, and rules-based region where peace, prosperity, and wide respect for human rights are observed and extended. Implicit in the rebalance was a hedge against a China acting to challenge the existing post-World War II rules-based international and regional order.