From, "LOOK EAST" To "ACT EAST"

In 1991,   India's Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao outlined the ‘ Look East' policy , designed to address India's neglect of the Southeast Asian region during the Cold War period.  No doubt, the developed countries have their bloc and alliance systems, but a country like India, currently on the threshold of becoming a big power, faces a dilemma on how to respond to the evolving geo-strategic order in the Indo-Pacific region.   Currently, the Indo-Pacific region is emerging as an epicenter of the power struggle between…