杨军、方晴、胡博峰、顾锦东
By Yang Jun, Fang Qing, Hu Bofeng, Gu Jindong
日本防卫省16日宣布，日本航空自卫队和印度空军自本月16日至26日在日本国内展开战斗机联合训练。报道称，这是面对中国在印太地区日益增长的军事实力背景下，两国加强防务合作的最新动作。
Japanese Defense Ministry announced on January 16 that the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) and Indian Air Force will carry out their first joint fighter jet exercise from January 16 to 26, the latest move by the two countries to strengthen defense cooperation in face of China’s growing military strength in the Indo-Pacific region, media reported.
安倍路线的延续
A continuation of Abe’s defense position
2019年11月，日印外长、防长“2+2”会谈期间，双方就举行战斗机联合训练达成一致，但此后受新冠疫情影响，双方此项联合训练被推迟。
During the “two plus two” meeting among foreign ministers and defense ministers in November 2019, Japan and India agreed to hold joint fighter jet drill, but this had been postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
据印度政府消息人士介绍，由于印军大量装配苏制武器，日本认为这与中国和俄罗斯的现役武器装备有共同之处，所以希望通过印度了解更多苏制武器的机动能力、巡航范围、维修情况等性能参数。
Sources from the Indian government said as the Indian troops are mostly equipped with Soviet weapons, which Japan thinks have much in common with the weapons currently used by China and Russia, it hopes to learn more about their maneuvering capability, cruising range, maintenance cycle, and other performance features through India.
中国社会科学院日本所副所长吕耀东16日表示，日本和印度间的合作逐渐从经济层面扩展到军事、安全层面，且项目越来越多，而两国双边关系的发展是同美日印澳关系发展同步的。日本之所以加强这些军事安全合作，可追溯至前首相安倍晋三执政时期奉行的“价值观外交”，在菅义伟和岸田文雄任内得到了延续。日本和印度空军联合演习加剧地区不安定因素。
Lyu Yaodong, deputy head of the Institute of Japanese Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said on January 16 that the Japan-India cooperation has expanded from the economic level to military and security levels with a growing number of items, and this development of bilateral relations is in step with the development of US-Japan-India-Australia relations. The idea of intensifying such military and security cooperation could date back to the time of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who practiced “value-based diplomacy”, a principle that has been picked up and carried on by Yoshihide Suga and Fumio Kishida. The joint air exercise between Japan and India will add to factors of instability and uncertainty in the region.
日本一意孤行
Japan bent on going its own way
“此次演习被视为对北京在印太地区日益自信的制衡。”彭博社16日报道称，此次演习正值岸田结束对法国、意大利、英国、加拿大和美国的访问之际，日本希望加强联盟以遏制中国。
The exercise is seen as a counterbalance to Beijing’s growing confidence in the Indo-Pacific region, reported Bloomberg on January 16. That the exercise came as Kishida wrapped up his visit to France, Italy, Britain, Canada and the US indicated Tokyo’s wish to curb China through intensified alliance.
据《印度斯坦时报》报道，尽管印度官方并未提及“中国威胁”等字眼，但媒体普遍将中国在印度洋海域日益提升的影响力看作此次军演的大背景，认为印日正在为应付来自“中国的战略焦虑”而“抱团”。
Hindustan Times commented that although the Indian authorities never explicitly mentioned such phrases as “China threat”, the Indian media generally took Beijing’s mounting clout in the Indian Ocean as the background of the air exercise, believing that New Delhi and Tokyo were huddling up to deal with their strategic anxiety about China.
中印近年来关系紧张，在此背景下，日本方面有意拉拢将中国视为对手的印度。吕耀东表示，日本舆论不断渲染“中国威胁论”，现在又提出所谓的“地区威胁论”，背离中日四个政治文件和四点原则共识。在美日印澳四边关系中，印度相对而言并不积极，因此日本意图将印度这“一边”抬起来。日本一意孤行，其所作所为牺牲地区和平稳定的共同利益，与其标榜的走和平主义道路背道而驰。
Against the backdrop of the China-India tension in recent years, Japan has a mind to cozy up to India that also sees China as a rival. In addition to hyping up the “China threat theory”, now it has put forth the so-called “regional threat theory” and turned its back on the four political documents and the four-principle consensus reached with China, said Lyu Yaodong. Japan also attempts to spur New Delhi on as the latter is relatively less enthusiastic about the Quad. These obsessed actions are taken at the price of regional peace and stability and go counter to the path of peaceful development it has claimed to take.
象征意义更大
The exercise more symbolic than substantial
中国社会科学院日本所政治室研究员王屏指出，日本其实一直在推动同亚太国家的军事外交合作，但没有实际内容和成果。而岸田文雄目前在外交方面的大动作，或者说有实际内容的外交战略布局，非常冒险也非常危险。岸田文雄试图突破原本在美日同盟框架内的军事外交布局，这一做法是不稳定、不均衡的，无法持续下去。
Wang Ping, a researcher at the Institute of Japanese Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, noted that Japan has all along pushed the military and diplomatic cooperation with Asian-Pacific countries, but with few outcomes. The current diplomatic endeavors made by Fumio Kishida, or in other words his substantive diplomatic strategy, come with immense risks. His attempt to go beyond the original military and diplomatic arrangements within the US-Japan alliance is unstable, unbalanced and unsustainable.
对此，王屏表示，虽然印度仍对中国抱有对抗心理，但由于印度同俄罗斯仍然存在合作基础，所以并没有下定决心向日本倾斜，因此日本同印度的安全合作可能象征意义大于实际意义。
Although India views China as a rival, it hasn’t made up its mind to totally side with Japan yet because of its cooperation with Russia. The Japan-India security cooperation is more symbolic than substantial, commented Wang.
Editor's note: Originally published on huanqiu.com, this article is translated from Chinese into English and edited by the China Military Online. The information and opinions in this article do not necessarily reflect the views of eng.chinamil.com.cn.
