Japan Chair Platform: U.S.-Japan-India Strategic Dialogue

Recognizing the growing importance of India in East Asia and the enormous potential for expanding cooperation on global challenges based on shared values and interests, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII), and the Japan Institute for International Affairs (JIIA) initiated the U.S.-Japan-India Trilateral Strategic Dialogue in June 2006. Cochaired by Central Japan Railway Company chairman Yoshiyuki Kasai, CII chief mentor Tarun Das, CSIS president John Hamre, and former deputy secretary of state Richard Armitage, and directed by Michael Green of CSIS, the group has met five times, most recently in Tokyo from February 27 to March 1. Each meeting has increased the participants’ enthusiasm for working together and has reinforced the importance of strengthening this trilateral strategic dialogue at the official level so that our three great democracies can play a leading role in defining the future contours of the Asia-Pacific region and positively affecting human society.