ISAS Briefs

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attracted much international attention as India's guest of honour at this year's Republic Day celebrations in New Delhi. A large part of final joint statement issued at the end of discussions between Mr Abe and India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh featured enhanced cooperation between the two countries in the economic domain. However, the joint statement also pointed to significant expansion of ties between the two countries in the defence-security realm. This potential expansion of defence-security relations has three major strategic implications.