Abstract

BARONI, Paola Andrea  and  DUSSORT, María Noel. From the Look East Policy to the Act East Policy in India. Relac. int. [online]. 2017, vol.26, n.52, pp.115-136. ISSN 2314-2766.

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.

Keywords : Look East Policy; Act East Policy; India; Look East Policy; Act East Policy; South East Asia.