印度的東進政策：莫迪政府的期中評估

India's 'Act East' policy: Prime Minister Modi's Mid-Term Assessment

「東望政策」（Look East Policy）最初為了試圖解決該國混亂不安的東北部地區，但後來因1990年代緬甸加入東協，使印度得以透過陸路與東協銜接，印度因而藉東協的暢旺的經濟來解決其東北部地區發展落後與失業嚴重問題的特效藥。由於東望政策的成功，印度得以不僅強化與東協的互動，且延伸其經濟觸角至包含澳洲的亞太地區。尤其值得注意的是，印度的視野已從過去透過其東北省份來與東協互動發展到從孟加拉灣（Bay of Bengal）沿岸各省與亞太地區銜接，如2014年6月新設立的安德拉省（Andhra Pradesh），該省目前正在興建新首府阿姆勞蒂（Amravati），預期新首府將能複製如其舊首府海德拉巴（Hyderbad）的成果，成為從亞太地區邁向全球的資訊產業（IT）的樞紐。海德拉巴如今已成為新設泰倫加納省（Telangana）的首府。阿姆勞蒂市目前已獲得來自台海兩岸、日本、新加坡與馬來西亞外資金業的青睞，未來將蛻變成莫迪（Narendra Modi）總理所推動的印度製造（Make in India）運動的預期目標，成為製造業的樞紐城市。現在中國小米（Xiaomi）與台商富士康（Foxconn）已在此城市合資設有裝配工廠。

India's shift from its much celebrated 'Look East' policy to 'Act East' policy is generally understood in terms of its further geographical expansion beyond Association of South East Asian National (ASEAN) as also in terms of India deepening its strategic linkages with major regional players across the Asia-Pacific region thereby taking relations beyond trade, commerce, economic development to strategic, defence and security partnerships to together address regional development and security challenges. Some Indian diplomats have provided value loaded interpretation and describe this shift as one from ''a passive adumbration'' to ''greater action and dynamism. where it continues to be engaged economically, socially and from a geostrategic point of view.''