ISAS Special Reports

Although Indonesia and India are neighbours in the Indo-Pacific region with deep historical and cultural linkages and a shared colonial past, there has been little cooperation between them in the maritime domain. In recent years, however, that has begun to change amidst the growing political engagement between the two nations consonant with the construction of a maritime partnership. This maritime partnership between India and Indonesia is shaping up in the shared Indo-Pacific, which is under intense scrutiny as a geopolitical construct. This partnership – premised on security and economic cooperation – is bound to be critical as the Indo-Pacific region is increasingly disruptive and turbulent.