Akash Pratap asked: What is the role of Myanmar in India’s “Look East Policy”?

Reply: Refer to an earlier reply by Udai Bhanu Singh on a similar query, at http://idsA. Vinod Kumar Vinod Kumarin/askanexpert/importanceofMyanmarforIndia. Also, refer to following publications by the IDSA faculty: Myanmar’s Critical Role in Bolstering India’s Look East Policy Arvind Gupta, February 2, 2012, athttp://idsA. Vinod Kumar Vinod Kumarin/idsacomments/MyanmarsCriticalRoleinBolsteringIndiasLookEastPolicy_agupta_020212 An Assessment of Manmohan Singh’s Visit to Myanmar Udai Bhanu Singh, IDSA Issue Brief, June 1, 2012, athttp://idsA. Vinod Kumar Vinod Kumarin/issuebrief/AnAssessmentofManmohanSinghsVisittoMyanmar The Significance of Connectivity in India-Myanmar Relations Shristi Pukhrem, July 6, 2012, athttp://idsA. Vinod Kumar Vinod Kumarin/idsacomments/TheSignificanceofConnectivityinIndiaMyanmarRelations_spukhrem_230512 Southeast Asia-India Defence Relations in the Changing Regional Security Landscape Bilveer Singh, IDSA Monograph Series No. 4, 2011, at http://idsA. Vinod Kumar Vinod Kumarin/monograph/SoutheastAsiaIndiaDefenceRelationsintheChangingRegionalSecurityLandscape