Japan’s Security Assistance in South Asia Faces Constraints. Friends Can Help

 

Authors : Abhishek Sharma | Gitanjali Sinha Roy

Originally Published The Strategist

Published on Sep 01, 2025

 

Japan’s Official Security Assistance (OSA) framework, established in 2022, is emerging as one of the most innovative military diplomacy frameworks to engage with maritime South Asia. An extension of the country’s Indo-Pacific strategy, it focuses on providing military assistance, limited to defensive support in surveillance, capacity building, and coastal defence.

 

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