Power Politics and Securitization: The Emerging Indo–Japanese Nexus in Southeast Asia

Bibek Chand and Zenel Garcia

Asia and the Pacific Policy Studies from Crawford School of Public Policy, The Australian National University

Abstract: China's ascent has led to its securitization by its neighbouring states, particularly given its precarious maritime claims in the highly strategic Indo-Pacific basin. Such a development in the region has allowed India and Japan to forge closer strategic partnerships in Southeast Asia. This article utilizes securitization theory to analyse the emerging Indo–Japanese nexus, wherein Japan's increasing desecuritization and India's non-securitization in Southeast Asia have allowed the region to emerge as a common strategic vantage point for Indo–Japanese interests to convene. The securitization of China, coupled with India and Japan's common interests in safeguarding the freedom of navigation and deterring unilateral changes to the status quo, contributes to the emergence of this nexus. Furthermore, the emerging nexus provides states of Southeast Asia a hedging option as China's increasing assertion of its territorial claims. Japan's Security Diamond policy and India's Act/Look East policy will also be analysed to showcase the emergence of the Indo–Japanese nexus.

Keywords: Securitization theory; India; Japan; Southeast Asia; hedging (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 15 pages
Date: 2017-04-24
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Published in Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies, May 2017, 310-324 pages

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