Has India’s ‘Act East’ Policy Lost Its Urgency?
Missed diplomatic chances in Southeast Asia suggest that New Delhi’s decade-old policy may be running out of steam just as regional rivalry intensifies. For more than a decade, India’s Act East policy has promised a deeper political, economic and civilisational immersion in Southeast Asia. Yet in recent years, as strategic contests sharpen across the Indo-Pacific, New Delhi’s voice in its eastern neighbourhood has appeared curiously subdued. Missed diplomatic openings and muted responses to...
