Volume : 7, Issue : 11, November - 2018

INDIA - ASEAN STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP: POST LOOK EAST POLICY

Dr Navin Varma, Ashwini Sharma

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;">In consonance with its growing power, India is expanding its footprint well beyond its borders to serve its national interest. In geopolitical terms, the disintegration of the erstwhile Soviet Union and the emergence of globalization paved the way for India to re-establish the close ties with Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN). India&rsquo;s emerging ties with the ASEAN nations has become an important element of India&rsquo;s foreign relations. India perceives the growing strategic partnership with ASEAN nations as crucial to fulfilling the promise of 21^st century being an Asian century.&nbsp; This article reviews the developments in India-ASEAN strategic partnership post implementation of Look East Policy and its eventual upgradation as Act East Policy(AEP).&nbsp;</span></p>