ABOUT THE BOOK
Act East Policy launched in 2014
has been one of the signature foreign policy approaches of Modi-1 government
and is a proactive foreign policy initiative. The movement from Look East to
Act East was necessitated by the changing contours of security architecture in
the larger context of the Indo-Pacific region. Act East Policy has further
expanded the geography within its imprint; Myanmar to Australia comes under its
domain. ASEAN and East Asian countries expect India to play a counter-balancing
role within the region. Under Modi government, India has taken a principled
stand on disputes like South and East China Seas stating that all disputing
parties must adhere to international laws. This policy provides a broad canvass
for issues ranging from economy, culture to strategy. The reelection of Modi
with a larger majority in May 2019 is bound to consolidate the Act East Policy.
India has developed convergences with many important countries of the region
under the ambit of this policy and it is bound to pay more dividends in the
foreseeable future for India`s national interests.
ABOUT Author
Dr. Sudhir Singh earned his PhD from School of International
Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He has more than a decade of
teaching and research experience. Presently, he is teaching in the Department
of Political Science, Dyal Singh College, University of Delhi, New Delhi. He
has made scholarly contributions on diverse issues of foreign policy at both
national and international levels. Dr. Singh has visited 13 countries till
December 2019 for academic purposes. He is a regular panelist on TV channels
debating over sensitive issues of foreign policy.