Sourabh Jyoti Sharma is a PhD student in the Department of Political Science, Delhi University, India. Sharma's current doctoral research is on the 'Chinese Navy in the Indian Ocean and the Strategic Implications for India.'
India's newly elected prime minister Narendra Modi and Japan's prime minister Shinzo Abe enjoy a friendship which signals increasing co-operation and integration of both nations' economic and defense plans in a new regional strategic partnership.