02125cam a2200229 i 4500020001800000020001500018082001700033245010300050260003900153300008500192500021200277500002600489504005100515520109900566650001901665650002201684650001001706700003301716710003601749710003701785710007301822  a9788194283713  a819428371X  a327.54bLOO-00aLook East to act East :btransforming India-ASEAN relations in Modi era /cEdited by Sudhir Singh.  aNew Delhi:bPentagon Press,c2020.  axviii, 326 p. :billustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ;e23cm  a"In association with Society for Social Empowerment, New Delhi, Indian Council of World Affairs, New Delhi & Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies, Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India, Kolkata."  aContributed articles.  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.  aAct East Policy launched in 2014 has been one of the signature foreign policy approaches of Modi-1 government and is a proactive foreign policy initiative. The movement from Look East to Act East was necessitated by the changing contours of security architecture in the larger context of the Indo-Pacific region. Act East Policy has further expanded the geography within its imprint; Myanmar to Australia comes under its domain. ASEAN and East Asian countries expect India to play a counter-balancing role within the region. Under Modi government, India has taken a principled stand on disputes like South and East China Seas stating that all disputing parties must adhere to international laws. This policy provides a broad canvass for issues ranging from economy, culture to strategy. The re-election of Modi with a larger majority in May 2019 is bound to consolidate the Act East Policy. India has developed convergences with many important countries of the region under the ambit of this policy and it is bound to pay more dividends in the foreseeable future for India`s national interests.  aSoutheast Asia  aForeign relations  zIndia1 aSingh, Sudhir Kumareeditor.2 aSociety for Social Empowerment,2 aIndian Council of World Affairs,2 aMaulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies (Kolkata, India),