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India's Eastward Engagement: From Antiquity to Act East Policy presents India's engagement with its extended eastern neighbours from ancient times to the present. It argues that this engagement has been long rooted in India's geographical location, its civilizational evolution and historical transformations. The book critically examines all the important phases—Nehru and Post-Nehru periods, and Look East and Act East policies. It exposes the widely entertained myths about India's eastward engagement and also underlines the prospective directions in which the Act East Policy may unfold in the years to come.
Look East Policy (1992–2014): Streamlining and Restructuring Engagement
Look East Policy (1992–2014): Streamlining and Restructuring Engagement
Introduction
India's eastward engagement that had been unfolding as reactive, ad hoc and in a differentiated manner (based on country-wise approach), was renamed as the Look East Policy (LEP) by the beginning of the 1990s. This initiative is credited to former Indian Prime Minister P. V. Narasimha Rao. There are several opinions with regard to the genesis of naming the eastward engagement as the LEP. While some scholars consider that it began in 1994 with Rao's Singapore lecture, others, including former diplomats, have different takes on it. The then Secretary A. N. Ram, who was dealing with the MEA division devoted to Southeast Asia and others, is of the view ...
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