From the Look East Policy to the Act East Policy in India

Authors

  • Paola Andrea Baroni Universidad Siglo 21, Córdoba, Argentina.
  • Maria Noel Dussort Facultad de Ciencia Política y Relaciones Internacionales, Universidad Nacional de Rosario

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24215/23142766e007

Keywords:

India, Look East Policy, Sudeste de Asia, Act East Policy

Abstract

Look East Policy delimited the way India has established its relations with South
East Asia since 1992. Initially, it was led by commercial interests but its purpose was
extended towards institutional, economic and security and defense ties. Narendra Modi’s
administration renamed this approach as Act East Policy, backing a bigger action.
Through a qualitative methodology, the aim of this article is to describe how the Look
East Policy has evolved to the Act East Policy and analyze the actions being accomplished
by the new Indian government to elucidate if there is a deep change within the East
Asia’s countries relationship.

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Author Biographies

Paola Andrea Baroni, Universidad Siglo 21, Córdoba, Argentina.

Paola Andrea Baroni es Licenciada en Relaciones Internacionales y estudiante del Doctorado en Relaciones Internacionales de la Facultad de Ciencia Política y Relaciones Internacionales de la Universidad Nacional de Rosario (UNR, Argentina). Es docente e investigadora de la Universidad Siglo 21, Córdoba, Argentina.

Maria Noel Dussort, Facultad de Ciencia Política y Relaciones Internacionales, Universidad Nacional de Rosario

María Noel Dussort es Licenciada en Relaciones Internacionales y estudiante del Doctorado en Relaciones Internacionales de la Facultad de Ciencia Política y Relaciones Internacionales de la Universidad Nacional de Rosario (UNR, Argentina). Es becaria doctoral del Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET). Es docente de la Facultad de Ciencia Política y Relaciones Internacionales de la UNR, investigadora del PRECSUR y responsable del Grupo de Estudios sobre India de Rosario (GEIR).

Published

2017-07-04

How to Cite

Baroni, P. A., & Dussort, M. N. (2017). From the Look East Policy to the Act East Policy in India. International Relations, 26(52), 007. https://doi.org/10.24215/23142766e007

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Estudios