On 16 December 2019, the Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS) hosted a discussion on Five Years of India’s Act East Policy. This Special Report brings together multidisciplinary opinion on the subject from:

Ambassador (Retd) Rajiv Bhatia
Distinguished Fellow, Foreign Policy Studies Programme, Gateway House, and former Indian Ambassador to Myanmar

Dr Amita Batra
Professor of Economics, Centre for South Asian Studies, School of International Studies, JNU

Dr Udai Bhanu Singh
Senior Research Associate, and Coordinator of the Southeast Asia and Oceania Centre, IDSA

Ashutosh Nagda
Researcher, South East Asia Research Programme (SEARP), IPCS