Profile
Professor,
Department of International Relations & Graduate School of Security Studies,
National Defense Academy of Japan
Toru Ito
International Relations in South Asia
Toru Ito has been teaching at the National Defense Academy (NDA) since 2009 after serving a researcher at the Embassy of Japan in New Delhi and Associate Professor at Shimane University. He is an expert on security and international relations in South Asia, with a focus on Indian foreign policy. He finished his doctoral course in political science at Chuo University in Tokyo.
His recent English-language works include “Modi’s Principle and Reality of ‘SAGAR’ in the Indo-Pacific Region,” NDA Global Security Seminar Series No.4 (March 2020) and “The ‘Modi diplomacy’ in the History of Indian Diplomacy: Departure from or maintenance of the traditional diplomacy?” Security Studies Vol.01, No.2 (April 2019).
List of publications
- 2023.05.29 The Meaning of the Meeting of Kishida and Modi: Developments and Issues in Collaboration between Japan and India as the Holders of the G7 Presidency and the G20 Presidency
- 2023.02.27 India has Started to Emphasize the “Global South”
- 2022.12.27 India’s Unchanging Position toward the War in Ukraine
- 2022.07.28 India has drawn the Quad back to economic partnerships countervailing China: its diplomatic successes and issues going forward
- 2022.06.07 After Ukraine Invasion, India Struggles to Define Relations with ‘Special Partner’ Russia
- 2020.09.29 India at a Crossroads – Combatting the Coronavirus and the Chinese Offensive