India-Japan ties hover uncertainly between symbolism and substance

India’s engagement with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe over the Republic Day weekend was probably the last of the major diplomatic acts in the UPA government’s decade-long tenure. The gap between the rich possibilities of Abe’s visit and the modest outcomes from the talks between PM Manmohan Singh and Abe sums up the tragedy of the UPA’s foreign policy.

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