Heading East: Security, Trade, and Environment between India and Southeast Asia ISBN: 9780199087143 Platform/Publisher: Oxford Academic / Oxford University Press Digital rights:Users: Unlimited; Printing: Unlimited; Download: Unlimited Subjects: International Relations Security Studies;
The end of the Cold War and economic liberalization in India marked a new turn in Indian diplomacy. The 'Look East' policy promulgated in the early 1990s entailed several strategic and economic initiatives aimed at deepening India's ties with Southeast Asia, which had been neglected earlier. Despite the launch of the program a decade and a half ago, Indias involvement with the region proved to be fitful. With the 'Act East' initiative, which was launched in 2014, there appears to be a renewed emphasis on forging working relationships with various states in the region.
This volume, part of the Oxford International Relations in South Asia series, presents an overarching assessment of the contents, successes, and failures of India's Southeast Asia policy, with important pointers to how this relationship could be steered in the future. The contributors to the volume dwell on three critical areas- trade, security, and environment- and outline the existing ties of Indias northeast with Southeast Asia and the prospects of their expansion.
Karen Stoll Farrell, Head of the Area Sltudies Department and Librarian for South Asian and Southeast Asian Studies, Indiana University Libraries,Sumit Ganguly, Professor of Political Science, Indiana University
Karen Stoll Farrell is Head of the Area Studies Department and Librarian for South Asian and Southeast Asian Studies at Indiana University Libraries, Bloomington, USA.
Sumit Ganguly is Professor of Political Science, holds the Rabindranath Tagore Chair in Indian Cultures and Civilizations, and directs the Center on American and Global Security at Indiana University, Bloomington, USA.
