TY - CHAP
T1 - Look/Act East policy and North East India
T2 - Issues, concerns and opportunities
AU - Pulla, Venkat
AU - Sarmah, Gunindra Nath
AU - Nath, Hiranya K
N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - The post-Cold War strategic reorientation of India’s foreign policy towards the countries to its east has created opportunities for the North East Region (NER). The first-ever articulation of this shift in the form of Look East Policy (LEP), launched in the early 1990s, however, did not have any specific reference of or role for the region. The integration of NER in LEP was an afterthought that added a domestic dimension to this policy in its second phase, often referred to as Look East through Northeast. Although geographic proximity, historic relationships and ethno-cultural affinity are purported to be the underlying principles for embarking on such a regional integration, faster economic growth and reduction of regional disparities are the principal goals. More recently, LEP has been rechristened as the Act East Policy (AEP), focusing on certain key resources and initiatives like trans-boundary water sharing, cultural and trade exchanges and better infrastructure development for connectivity in the region. The Look/ Act East Policy includes aspects of internal as well as external significance for the development of North East India. On the internal front, infrastructure development, socio-political stability, ecological balance, and improvement in institutional quality are likely to satisfy the basic preconditions for economic growth and overall development. In addition, forging closer and deeper economic integration with the eastern neighbours, particularly with the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) countries, is expected to dismantle barriers and speed up the process of growth and development.
AB - The post-Cold War strategic reorientation of India’s foreign policy towards the countries to its east has created opportunities for the North East Region (NER). The first-ever articulation of this shift in the form of Look East Policy (LEP), launched in the early 1990s, however, did not have any specific reference of or role for the region. The integration of NER in LEP was an afterthought that added a domestic dimension to this policy in its second phase, often referred to as Look East through Northeast. Although geographic proximity, historic relationships and ethno-cultural affinity are purported to be the underlying principles for embarking on such a regional integration, faster economic growth and reduction of regional disparities are the principal goals. More recently, LEP has been rechristened as the Act East Policy (AEP), focusing on certain key resources and initiatives like trans-boundary water sharing, cultural and trade exchanges and better infrastructure development for connectivity in the region. The Look/ Act East Policy includes aspects of internal as well as external significance for the development of North East India. On the internal front, infrastructure development, socio-political stability, ecological balance, and improvement in institutional quality are likely to satisfy the basic preconditions for economic growth and overall development. In addition, forging closer and deeper economic integration with the eastern neighbours, particularly with the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) countries, is expected to dismantle barriers and speed up the process of growth and development.
UR - https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9783030462505
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-030-46251-2_9
DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-46251-2_9
M3 - Chapter (peer-reviewed)
SN - 9783030462505
T3 - Mapping Global Racisms
SP - 161
EP - 175
BT - Discrimination, Challenge and Response
A2 - Pulla, Venkat
A2 - Bhattacharyya, Rituparna
A2 - Bhatt, Sanjai
PB - Palgrave Macmillan
CY - Cham, Switzerland
ER -