| ID | 135463 |
| Title Proper | Can India look east through the Stilwell road? |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Pattnaik, Jajati K |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Look East Policy in the contemporary world order intended to secure India’s foreign policy objectives with its Eastern neighbours based on geographical contiguity and civilisational ethos. As a precursor,
disintegration of the Soviet Union brought a tremendous transformation in the global geo-strategic environment entailing innovative ideas in the conduct of bilateral and multilateral relations. As a fallout, globalization was used as a tool for the diffusion of knowledge and technology stretching de-territorialized economic order. India mooted structural reforms in the nineties to deal with the emerging trends and focused on robust economic diplomacy to bring more foreign direct investment, promote Indian investment abroad as well as safeguard its economic and commercial interests in regional and multilateral trading agreements.1 As a corollary, regional and sub-regional arrangements flourished through cross-border trade and connectivity. The State-centric borders which were earlier treated as barriers for cross-border development became significant for cross-border ties signifying subregional
cooperation. Subsequently, India’s North Eastern region was incorporated in India’s Look East Policy to get rid of the hazards of geographical location and the strategy was devised to build up the economic links and connectivity with Myanmar and other South East Asian nations to bring in cross-border cooperation and development.2 |
| `In' analytical Note | Dialogue Vol.16, No.1; Jul-Sep.2014: p.133-142 |
| Journal Source | Dialogue 2014-09 16, 1 |
| Standard Number | Economic Interest |