| ID | 131577 |
| Title Proper | Trajectory of India-ASEAN relations |
| Other Title Information | present scenario and future prospects |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Chhibber, Bharti |
| Publication | 2014. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | The paper examines the shifting historical trajectory of India's Look East Policy and existing contours of India's foreign policy which defines India's role in Southeast Asia. India's look east policy was envisioned during the period of Narasimha Rao Government in 1991 as a focused foreign policy approach towards the Asia-Pacific region particularly towards the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region. The immediate impetus seemed to be to check or match Chinese economic and strategic growing influence in East Asia. Today, the cooperation between India and ASEAN has gone beyond functional aspect to include political and security dimensions. However, there are still some irritants like policy of protectionism in the economic sphere and low people to people contact i.e. historical and cultural linkages can be truly invoked by actually facilitating human movement across the borders between north-eastern region of India and Southeast states of Asia. |
| `In' analytical Note | World Focus Vol. 35, No.6; Jun 2014: p.48-52 |
| Journal Source | World Focus Vol. 35, No.6; Jun 2014: p.48-52 |
| Key Words | India ; India's Look East Policy ; India's Foreign Policy ; Southeast Asia ; Narasimha Rao ; ASEAN ; East Asia |