Evolving India’s Look East to Act East Policy: An Analytical View

Abstract

The present article seeks to answer India’s evolving foreign policy approach towards Look East to ‘Act East’ policy during the Narendra Modi government. We can see in the present context that India’s foreign policy and its diplomatic approaches took a paradigm shift in the present century, especially during the Narendra Modi era both in terms of pragmatism as well as ideals. The study begins with a brief introduction in a historical and geopolitical perspective in foreign policy representations of India’s engagement with the states of Southeast Asia before and during the cold war as well as in the post-cold war period. Further, the article tries to analyze the India’s economic co-operation and strategic dimension of ‘Look East’ to ‘Act East’ policy and diplomacy in general and to inquire particularly into economic and strategic dimension towards its Look East to ‘Act East’ policy