This book provides a detailed account of the evolution of India's Look and Act East Policy
addressing the nuances of the policy and its efficacy for the Northeast Region. The
Northeastern India as a region is landlocked sharing most of its boundary with neighbouring
countries of South and South East Asia. It empirically explores the progress in and prospects
for trade investment and connectivity between Northeast India and Southeast Asian countries.
Further it discusses a range of regional and sub-regional multilateral initiatives - e.g. the
Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC)
Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar (BCIM) and Mekong-Ganga Cooperation (MGC) - that could
potentially strengthen the cooperation between Northeast India and neighboring regions in the
social cultural and economic spheres.
