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Dr. Titli Basu is Associate Fellow at the East Asia Centre. Her research interests include Japanese security, strategy and foreign policy; Japan and the Indo-Pacific; great power politics in East Asia; and India-Japan relations. Dr. Basu has published several research articles on these issues including in India Quarterly: A Journal of International Affairs, Tamkang Journal of International Affairs, The Asan Forum, East Asia Forum, Asian Journal of Public Affairs, and Indian Foreign Affairs Journal. Her current research project in IDSA is on Japan’s Defence Industrial Policy Reform: Debates and Implications for International Cooperation. She completed her doctoral thesis from Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi. She was associated with the Institute of Social Science, The University of Tokyo as a Visiting Research Fellow (November 2010 to October 2011). She was a recipient of the Japan Foundation fellowship in 2010. Previously she was with the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, Japan.
India-Japan and ‘Confluence of the Two Seas’: Ten years on
The India-Japan ‘action-oriented partnership’ is founded on the pillars of mutuality of interests, shared universal values and commonality of vision in the Indo-Pacific.
Kim Jong-un's Crazy Summer: A Litmus Test for Japan
Associate Fellow, IDSA, Dr Titli Basu’s article on Japan’s defence stand, titled ‘Kim Jong-un's Crazy Summer: A Litmus Test for Japan’ was published by ‘The Diplomat’ on September 2, 2017.
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Contest for Influence: Japan’s Agenda in Southeast Asia
Associate Fellow, IDSA, Dr Titli Basu’s article, ‘Contest for Influence: Japan’s Agenda in Southeast Asia ’ was published in Global Asia Vol. 12, No. 2, Summer 2017.
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Asian Development Bank at 50 and Japan’s puzzle
Associate Fellow, IDSA, Dr Titli Basu’s article on the need for reforms in ADB amid growing competition from other multilateral development banks, titled ‘Asian Development Bank at 50 and Japan’s puzzle’ was published in 'East Asia Forum' on June 9, 2017.
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Thinking Africa: India, Japan, and the Asia-Africa Growth Corridor
Associate Fellow, IDSA, Dr Titli Basu’s article on India-Japan cooperation in Africa, titled, ‘Thinking Africa: India, Japan, and the Asia-Africa Growth Corridor’ was published in ‘The Diplomat’ on June 3, 2017.
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Japan’s Foreign and Security Policy Under the ‘Abe Doctrine’: New Dynamism or New Dead End?, by Christopher W. Hughes
Given the fluidity in East Asian geopolitics and China’s arrival as a key variable in the international system, Japan has been forced to respond to the asymmetrical power politics. As China is carving out a sphere of influence for itself which is increasingly eclipsing Japan’s international stature, Abe has the task of presenting the case of where and how does Japan fit in.
Forging India-Japan Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific Theatre
Associate Fellow, Dr. Titli Basu’s article on ‘Forging India-Japan Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific Theatre’ was published in Journal of Indian Ocean Studies Vol. 25, No 1. April 2017. ISSN 0972-3080.
Japan’s Trump Dilemma
In the wake of Donald Trump’s election as U.S. president, Japan is weighing the geopolitical and geo-economic implications of the new economic and security policies that his administration may adopt.
Japan’s Defence White Paper 2016: An Overview
Furthering the premise of an increasingly severe security environment, Japan’s latest defence white paper has accorded relatively more space to its ‘strong concerns’ over China’s ‘active maritime expansion’ as well as progress in North Korea’s missile development programme.
India’s Balance of Interest in the Asian Century
Research Assistant, IDSA, Dr Titli Basu’s article on ‘India’s Balance of Interest in the Asian Century’ was published in Alternative Scenarios, The Asan Forum, Vol. 4, No 4, August 2016. Online ISSN 2288-5757.