If Japan and India want a place in Asia equivalent to that of China, they have no alternative but to impart a strategic dimension to their bilateral economic engagement, deepen their political cooperation on issues ranging from maritime security, high technology transfers, regional stability and global warming.
If they rise to the occasion this week, Abe and Singh will be remembered for their leadership in transforming Asian geopolitics and not by the length of their prime-ministerial tenure.
The writer is a professor at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
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