{"id":1543,"date":"2026-08-09T19:12:06","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:42:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/discuss-the-strategic-implications-of-indias-look-east-policy-upsc-psir-2021-4302\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T21:56:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T16:26:33","slug":"discuss-the-strategic-implications-of-indias-look-east-policy-upsc-psir-2021-4302","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/discuss-the-strategic-implications-of-indias-look-east-policy-upsc-psir-2021-4302\/","title":{"rendered":"Discuss the strategic implications of India\u2019s \u2018Look East Policy\u2019 transforming into \u2018Act East Policy\u2019."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pq-flow\">\n<div class=\"pq-flow-h\">Flow snapshot <em>&mdash; how the answer moves<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p1\"><span>Intro routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">eastern policy becomes Indo-Pacific policy \u2014 Bay of Bengal as shared security space \u2014 BIMSTEC past SAARC&#039;\u2019s paralysis, Pakistan marginalised \u2014 Sittwe against Chinese ports \u2014 but acting needs ground India does not control \u2014 Raja Mohan on slow implementation, weak connectivity \u2014 Kaladan + trilateral highway stalled, June 2026 \u2014 corridors cross an unsettled Northeast<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">the reorientation itself is real, not rhetoric \u2014 what is contested is conversion: trade review open since 2023, and the 2026 regional survey puts distrust above trust in the four maritime states India courts most &#8211; reach outrunning delivery<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">ayia eile &amp;! frame widened, delivery has yet to catch up R2 the verb sigs Changed before the capacity did \u2014 Act East reads India\u2019s interests correctly and still awaits the means to serve them<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[40],"pyq_marks":[38],"pyq_topic":[83],"pyq_paper":[69],"class_list":["post-1543","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-40","pyq_marks-10-marks","pyq_topic-india-and-south-asia","pyq_paper-paper-2"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/psir_pyq"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1543\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2319,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1543\/revisions\/2319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1543"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1543"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1543"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}