Arnab Dasgupta

Two influential Japanese scholars’ visions of the Indo-Pacific region offer divergent perspectives on the evolution of thinking on the concept among Japanese strategists.

• Arnab Dasgupta |
• July 14, 2025 |
• Issue Brief

Japanese officials and analysts must pay greater attention to the risks inherent in equating India with Pakistan—a so-called ‘iron brother’ of strategic rival China.

• Arnab Dasgupta |
• May 23, 2025 |
• Issue Brief

Japan–China strategic and diplomatic divergences co-exist alongside mutual attempts to steer the bilateral ties towards a positive trajectory.

• Mayuri Banerjee, Arnab Dasgupta |
• May 07, 2025 |
• Issue Brief

Japan has no good options left in the wake of Yoon Suk-Yeol’s ouster from the Blue House.

• Arnab Dasgupta |
• April 17, 2025 |
• IDSA Comments

Japan’s territorial disputes and the strategies it employs to manage them offer valuable insights into the practice of its security policy.

• Arnab Dasgupta |
• March 11, 2025 |
• Issue Brief

• Arnab Dasgupta |
• September-October 2024 |
• Strategic Analysis

The Nippon Steel issue is a superfluous irritant in Japan–US ties at a time when both countries need each other strategically.

• Arnab Dasgupta |
• January 24, 2025 |
• IDSA Comments

In 2025, Japan will have to navigate adroitly the incoming Trump administration’s policy positions while attempting to stabilise ties with China, while dealing with a Tokyo–Seoul relationship effectively reset to zero.

• Arnab Dasgupta |
• January 06, 2025 |
• IDSA Comments

Shigeru Ishiba’s election to LDP leadership—and thus the premiership—promises to be an interesting period in Japanese politics and policy.

• Arnab Dasgupta |
• October 08, 2024 |
• Issue Brief

Fumio Kishida can justly be regarded as a worthy inheritor of Shinzo Abe’s key policies.

• Arnab Dasgupta |
• August 23, 2024 |
• IDSA Comments