{"id":33959,"date":"2018-10-30T15:12:13","date_gmt":"2018-10-30T09:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=33959"},"modified":"2018-10-30T15:12:13","modified_gmt":"2018-10-30T09:42:13","slug":"the-asean-outreach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/the-asean-outreach\/","title":{"rendered":"The ASEAN outreach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/opinion\/op-ed\/the-asean-outreach\/article20492654.ece\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The ASEAN outreach<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Context:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Philippines has been the centre of attraction for the last few days with Manila hosting the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)-India and East Asia summit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Introduction:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prime Minister Narendra Modi joined these meetings, underscoring India\u2019s commitment to deepening ties with the ASEAN member states and the wider Indo-Pacific region as part of the \u2018Act East \u2018policy.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Indo-Pacific region:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The- Indo-Pacific region is now central to global politics and economics.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">China is the most important player in the region, and as Chinese President Xi Jinping made clear in his speech that Beijing is now more confident than ever of projecting regional and global power.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">China has the good fortune of having an administration in the U.S. that lacks seriousness of purpose and is unable to communicate effectively its priorities for the region.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This makes this period of transition very significant for communities like India that have a stake in the long-term stability of the region.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>India\u2019s relation with ASEAN:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India\u2019s relationship with ASEAN is a key pillar of its foreign policy.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India also assured ASEAN of \u201csteady support towards achieving a rule-based regional security architecture that best attests to the region\u2019s interests and its peaceful development.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As China\u2019s profile grows, and the U.S. continues to be unsure of its security commitments, there is a new opportunity for India in the region.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>East Asia Summit:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The East Asia Summit includes countries like India, China, Japan, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, the U.S. and Russia apart from the 10 ASEAN member states.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Power balance:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">China has actually managed to emerge as a beacon of open and free global order. This has resulted in the regional powers taking it upon themselves to shape the regional economic and security order.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Trans \u2013Pacific Partnership (TPP) is being resurrected without the U.S., and the idea of an Indo-Pacific quadrilateral involving Japan, Australia, India and U.S.is back.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New Delhi is no longer different about engaging with other regional players if it helps to further Indian interests in maintaining a stable balance of power in region.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>About ASEAN:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The ASEAN members and India together consist one of the largest economic regions with a total population of about 1.8 billion.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ASEAN is currently India\u2019s fourth largest trading partner, accounting for 10.2% of India\u2019s total trade.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India is ASEAN\u2019s seventh largest trading partner.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India\u2019s service-oriented economy perfectly complements the manufacturing-based economies of ASEAN countries.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Conclusion:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although, ASEAN is presently India\u2019s largest trading partner there is, however, considerable scope for further growth. Formidable security challenges remain, and the two sides must think strategically to increase cooperation for a favourable balance of power that would ensure regional stability.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India needs to do a more convincing job as a beneficial strategic partner of ASEAN by boosting its domestic economic reforms agenda, enhancing connectivity within the region, and increasing its presence in regional institutions. The ASEAN nations should be clearer and more specific in their expectations from New Delhi and nudge India for a deeper, more broad-based engagement. There is much at stake for both sides.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ASEAN outreach Context: The Philippines has been the centre of attraction for the last few days with Manila hosting the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)-India and East Asia summit. Introduction: Prime Minister Narendra Modi joined these meetings, underscoring India\u2019s commitment to deepening ties with the ASEAN member states and the wider Indo-Pacific region&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/the-asean-outreach\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The ASEAN outreach<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[555],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-test-1","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704918889},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33959"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33959\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}