The three pillars of India’s foreign policy strategy under an overarching preference for ‘strategic autonomy’ are security, economic development, and status. Japan plays a significant part with respect to all three. We employ an analytical framework that assesses how Narendra Modi, in line with a trend set in motion by his predecessors, has attempted to build the India–Japan partnership through a set of nested strategic partnerships: bilateral (India–Japan), trilateral (India–Japan–United States) and quadrilateral (India–Japan–United States–Australia). We examine the extent to which Modi has contributed to the strengthening of each of these partnerships with respect to institutionalisation, security, economic interaction and status. Our findings show the degree of continuity or change wrought by Modi in each case and the reasons for this. We conclude that Modi’s transformative impact has been limited, though he has been able to take two of the three strategic partnerships forward to a significant extent.

在最优先考虑“战略自主”的情况下，印度外交政策战略的三大支柱是安全，经济发展和地位。日本在这三个方面都起着重要的作用。我们采用了一个分析框架，该框架评估了纳伦德拉·莫迪（Narendra Modi）根据其前任所推动的趋势，如何通过一系列嵌套的战略伙伴关系来建立印日伙伴关系：双边（印度-日本），三边（印度–日本–美国）和四边形（印度–日本–美国–澳大利亚）。我们研究了莫迪在制度化，安全性，经济互动和地位方面为加强这些伙伴关系中每一个做出的贡献。我们的研究结果表明了Modi在每种情况下产生的连续性或变化的程度以及其原因。