Strengthening the Indo-Pacific Order
An Assessment of India’s Act East Policy
Rahul Mishra
2020E34
The Act East Policy was launched six years ago, and it was considered a major foreign policy initiative by India’s newly elected National Democratic Alliance government led by Narendra Modi. It was expected to bolster India’s engagement with the East, building on the success of the Look East Policy—its earlier avatar. Our latest analysis discusses the history, the goals, and the achievements of this cooperation and also comments on its likely future after the worldwide pandemic and the recent Chinese–Indian stand-off.
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