Mainstreaming the Northeast in India’s Look and Act East Policy

This book provides a detailed account of the evolution of India's Look and Act East Policy, addressing the nuances of the policy and its efficacy for the Northeast Region. The Northeastern India as a region is landlocked, sharing most of its boundary with neighbouring countries of South and South East Asia. It empirically explores the progress in and prospects for trade, investment and connectivity between Northeast India and Southeast Asian countries. Further, it discusses a range of regional and sub-regional multilateral initiatives - e.g. the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC), Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar (BCIM), and Mekong-Ganga Cooperation (MGC) - that could potentially strengthen the cooperation between Northeast India and neighboring regions in the social, cultural and economic spheres.;Chapter 1 Towards a Perspective: Look and Act East Policy and Northeast India -- Chapter 2 Integrating Northeast with South-east Asia: Great Expectations and Ground Realities -- Chapter 3 Insider or an Outsider: Whither Northeast in India's Act East Policy -- Chapter 4 Look East Policy and Northeast India: Is it a Conjectured Vision -- Chapter 5 Unlocking Northeastern Region of India: ASEAN Connectivity Perspective -- Chapter 6 India's Connectivity with ASEAN: What Role for Northeast India -- Chapter 7 Act East Policy and Northeast India: The Role of Transactions Costs -- Chapter 8 Integration with Regional Blocks through Intra-Industry Production Network: Boosting the Growth Prospects of Northeast India -- Chapter 9 Look East Policy, Sub-regional connectivity Projects and Northeast India -- Chapter 10 Look (Act) East Policy: With or Through the Northeast -- Chapter 11 Rebel Camps in Myanmar: Will They Hamper Act East Policy? -- Chapter 12 A Unified Northeast Economy: Road to Gainful Economic Integration with South-east Asia -- Chapter 13 Look (Act) East Policy and Northeast India: Challenges and Opportunities in Building Strategic Partnerships- Way Forward -- Chapter 14 India's Act-East Policy Begins in Myanmar -- Chapter 15 Locating Northeast India in the Look (Act) East Policy of India. Front Matter ....Pages i-xxvi Towards a Perspective on the Look (Act) East Policy and Northeast India (Atul Sarma, Saswati Choudhury)....Pages 1-21 Front Matter ....Pages 23-23 Integrating Northeast with South East Asia: Great Expectations and Ground Realities (Atul Sarma)....Pages 25-44 Insider or an Outsider: Where Is the Northeast in India’s Act East Policy? (Rakhee Bhattacharya)....Pages 45-62 Look East Policy and Northeast India: Is It a Conjectured Vision (Gorky Chakraborty)....Pages 63-97 Front Matter ....Pages 99-99 Unlocking the Northeast Region of India: An ASEAN Connectivity Perspective (Piti Srisangnam, Anupama Devendrakumar)....Pages 101-130 India’s Connectivity with ASEAN: What Role for Northeast India? (Shankaran Nambiar)....Pages 131-158 Act East Policy and Northeast India: The Role of Transaction Costs (Bhagirathi Panda)....Pages 159-175 Integration with Regional Blocks Through Intra-industry Production Networks: Boosting the Growth Prospects of Northeast India (Ashish Nath)....Pages 177-209 Front Matter ....Pages 211-211 Look East Policy, Sub-regional Connectivity Projects and Northeast India (H. Srikanth)....Pages 213-231 Look (Act) East Policy: With or Through the Northeast (Walter Fernandes)....Pages 233-251 Rebel Camps in Myanmar: Will They Hamper the Act East Policy? (Rajeev Bhattacharyya)....Pages 253-263 Front Matter ....Pages 265-265 A Unified Northeast Economy: The Road to Gainful Economic Integration with South East Asia (Atul Sarma)....Pages 267-279 Look (Act) East Policy and Northeast India: Challenges and Opportunities in Building Strategic Partnerships—The Way Forward (Sudhir Devare)....Pages 281-286 India’s Act East Policy Begins in Myanmar (Munmun Majumdar)....Pages 287-300 Locating Northeast India in the Look (Act) East Policy of India (Saswati Choudhury)....Pages 301-322 Back Matter ....Pages 323-338 This volume provides a detailed account of the evolution of India's Look and Act East policy, addressing the nuances of the policy and its efficacy for the Northeast region. It empirically explores the progress in and prospects for trade, investment and connectivity between Northeast India and Southeast Asian countries. Further, it discusses a range of regional and sub-regional multilateral initiatives - e.g. the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC), Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar (BCIM), and Mekong-Ganga Cooperation (MGC) - that could potentially strengthen the cooperation between Northeast India and neighbouring regions in the social, cultural and economic spheres