Articles By Titli Basu
Japan’s Strategic Calculations: Constraints and Responses
By: Titli Basu | Date: 07 Feb , 2019
The fluidity in the East Asian regional order caused by the relative dilution of US primacy and the emergence of China as a great power is compelling Japan to revisit its grand strategy. Japan’s...
A Review of India-Japan Defence Technology Cooperation
By: Titli Basu | Issue: Courtesy: IDSA | Date: 02 Sep , 2018
Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman invited Japan to participate in the two defence industrial production corridors1 in Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh during the Annual Defence Ministerial Dialogue...
US-North Korea Summit: Singapore Round Goes to Chairman Kim
By: Titli Basu | Date: 04 Jul , 2018
With intensified diplomacy unfolding in the Korean Peninsula since the PyeongChang Winter Olympics in February, culminating into a historic summit between American President Donald Trump and North...
India-Japan and ‘Confluence of the Two Seas’: Ten years on
By: Titli Basu | Date: 15 Sep , 2017
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is scheduled to visit Gujarat for the annual India-Japan bilateral summit meeting from September 13-14. The focus will primarily be on advancing the agenda...
Japan’s Defence White Paper 2016: An Overview
By: Titli Basu | Date: 23 Aug , 2016
Two important developments took place in Japan in August – release of annual defence white paper ‘Defence of Japan 2016’, and the appointment of right-wing leader Tomomi Inada as the new...
Make in India and the Expanding Scope for India-Japan Defence Cooperation
By: Titli Basu | Issue: Courtesy: IDSA | Date: 29 Dec , 2015
India’s Act East policy and Prime Minister Modi’s Make in India drive coincide with the shifts in the Japanese post-war security policy and the April 2014 easing of the self-imposed arms...