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Event Report：India in the Western Pacific: Expert Workshop and Public Symposium Co-hosted with ORF

Strategy and Deterrence Program

December 10, 2025

From December 1 to 3, 2025, the Strategic and Deterrence Group of the Sasakawa Peace Foundation co-hosted a closed-door expert workshop titled "INDIA IN THE WEST PACIFIC – INTERESTS AND RATIONALE FOR ENGAGEMENTS" with the Observer Research Foundation (ORF), India’s leading think tank, in Tokyo.

The workshop brought together over 30 researchers and practitioners from India, Japan, Taiwan, and Southeast Asia. Each session featured active discussions that deepened mutual understanding on the following themes: 1) India’s economic security interests in relation to East Asia, 2) The relevance of the Western Pacific’s stability to India’s security, 3) Implications of India’s engagement in Southeast Asia, and 4) The future of Japan-India security cooperation

On the afternoon of December 2, a public symposium titled "India in the Western Pacific: Expanding Interests and Engagements, and Regional Responses" was held. The event featured a keynote speech by Professor Harsh Pant, Vice President of ORF and Head of its Research and Foreign Policy programs, followed by a panel discussion with distinguished experts from Japan, Taiwan, and Indonesia. The symposium concluded successfully with active participation and lively exchange.

You can view the program of the public symposium:
https://www.spf.org/en/seminar/list/20251202.html

The Sasakawa Peace Foundation (SPF; Minato-ku, Tokyo; President: Atsushi Sunami) concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Defence of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka on June 11, 2026, in Colombo, concerning SPF’s project for “Security Dialogues and Defense Exchanges between Japan and Asian Countries.”

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