The Northeast region had been part of the South West silk route that connected the region to China through Tibet. It is therefore no surprise that the region has been portrayed as natural adjunct to India’s neighbourhood in the east. The partition of the Indian subcontinent in 1947 reduced the...

This paper makes the case that time is ripe for the countries in southeast and northeast Asia to actively seek greater integration with India. The case is based on two arguments. First, China has emerged as an increasingly aggressive and belligerent power bringing it into conflict with its...