12 January 2018

IS JAPAN READY FOR THE QUAD? OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES FOR TOKYO IN A CHANGING INDO-PACIFIC

YUKI TATSUMI

On Aug. 22, 2007, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe spoke in front of the Indian Parliament and articulated a vision for the Indo-Pacific region. He spoke of a “confluence of the two seas,” seeking to draw a strategic link between the Pacific and Indian Oceans. Abe posited that Japan and India had a shared responsibility, as maritime nations located at the opposite edges of the “two seas,” to ensure the maintenance of peace and prosperity anchored by democratic principles.

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