India's Role in the Indo-Pacific

YCAPS is delighted to invite Dr. Premesha Saha for our latest Indo-Pacific Policy Dialogue. In this captivating event, Dr. Saha will speak on how India’s views the Indo-Pacific, and what India’s role is in the Indo-Pacific region? What are the main policies driving India’s Indo-Pacific vision? These will be the primary questions that this lecture will be addressing. India’s geographic definition of the Indo-Pacific is vast, ranging from the Eastern coast of Africa to the South Pacific. How is India perceived by the countries in Southeast Asia, East Asia and Oceania? The Act East policy has been the main driver of India’s engagements in the East. Southeast Asia and the ASEAN forms the bedrock of India’s Act East policy. Therefore, is there a scope for India to be working together with countries like Japan, Australia to help India evolve as one of the key strategic players in Southeast Asia and by extension the Indo-Pacific?

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Location:

Temple University, Japan Campus, Room 301

1-14-29 Taishido, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo

https://www.tuj.ac.jp/maps/tokyo

Speakers:

Dr. Saha is Fellow with the Observer Research Foundation’s (ORF) Strategic Studies Programme in New Delhi. She is currently the Japan Foundation Indo-Pacific Partnership Research Fellow based in Tokyo. She is a Visiting Fellow at the Japan Forum on International Relations (JFIR) in Tokyo. Her research focuses on Southeast Asia, East Asia, Oceania and the emerging dynamics of the Indo-Pacific region. Premesha’s other research interests include: Indonesia’s maritime strategy, India and Southeast Asia, India’s Act East Policy, Asia-Pacific multilateralism. Previously she has been an Associate Fellow at the National Maritime Foundation; Indo-Pacific Security Studies (FIPPS) Fellow sponsored by the US State Department at Daniel K. Inouye Asia Pacific Centre for Security Studies (DKI APCSS), Honululu, Hawaii; Visiting Fellow at Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Jakarta; Visiting Fellow at Lemabaga Ilmu Pengetahuan (LIPI) Jakarta; and Darmasiswa Scholar sponsored by the Indonesian Ministry of Education and Culture at Universitas Katolik Indonesia Atma Jaya, Jakarta. Premesha has completed her PhD from the Centre of Indo-Pacific Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University

Cost: Free of charge

Moderator: Dr. Stephen Nagy

Format: This event will be off-the-record. Questions are encouraged.

Registration: Required via this Link