Regional integration and India -- Evolution of India's Look East Policy -- Economic potentials of the Look East Policy -- Political integration in Northeast India -- Economic development in Northeast India -- India's Northeast policy -- Political impact of the Look East Policy -- Conclusion

Introduction -- Africa in the making of an IOW global economy -- Indian Ocean Africa in the first great upswing in the Indian Ocean World global economy, 300 BCE to 300 CE -- Economic instability, ca. 300 to 900 CE -- The second great boom in the IOW global economy ca. 850 to 1250 and its impact...