The Japan-India-US Trilateral Strategic Dialogue on Security Issues in the Indo-Pacific Region is co-hosted by Japan's Okazaki Institute and the Japan Institute of International Affairs, the United Service Institute of India, and the Vanderbilt University US-Japan Center. This Dialogue has thus far been held three times. The first was in Delhi in November 2011, the second in Washington in October 2012, and the third time in Tokyo in March 2013, and it has been confirmed that this Strategic Dialogue will continue into the future. This report summarizes the key points of consensus among the Dialogue participants, and recommends policies that should be taken to further strengthen security and defense cooperation among Japan, India and the US.

Principal points of consensus in Trilateral Dialogue
Assessment of the security environment in the Indo-Pacific region

The Dialogue participants were agreed that the Indo-Pacific region faces a variety of traditional and non-traditional security issues even as it rapidly develops economically. They also came to the consensus that Japan, India and the US are the key players in security and defense in the Indo-Pacific region, and that they share not only their own many interests but also responsibility for ensuring the region's security and prosperity.