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Enhancing India-ASEAN Connectivity
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Twenty years ago, India launched its “Look East” policy. For most of those 20 years, Myanmar’s isolation, mistrust between India and its neighbors, and poor infrastructure connectivity hindered the development of links between South and Southeast Asia. With Myanmar’s tentative opening and improved relations between India and Bangladesh, an opportunity exists for India to boost trade and security ties with mainland and maritime Southeast Asia. And the United States, during President Barack Obama’s second term, is committed to rebalancing toward Asia, with India playing a pivotal role. With these facts in mind, CSIS presents key recommendations in the areas of diplomacy and security, infrastructure and energy, and enhancing people-to-people collaboration among India, ASEAN, and the United States.
Ted Osius was CSIS senior state department visiting fellow, Sumitro Chair for Southeast Asia Studies and Wadhwani Chair in U.S.-India Policy Studies from 2012-2013.
C. Raja Mohan
Distinguished Fellow, India's Observer Research Foundation; Foreign Affairs Columnist, Indian Express; Visiting Research Professor, Institute of South Asian Studies, Singapore; and Nonresident Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
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Ernest Z. Bower
Former Senior Adviser (Non-resident), Southeast Asia Program
Karl F. Inderfurth
Wadhwani Chair in U.S.-India Policy Studies
Hemant K. Singh
Wadhwani Chair in U.S.-India Policy Studies
Ted Osius
Senior State Department Visiting Fellow, Sumitro Chair for Southeast Asia Studies and Wadhwani Chair in U.S.-India Policy Studies