Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Date: 2009-10-27. Paperback. Good. 2009. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies ISBN 9814279048 9789814279048 [US]

ISBN10: 9814279048, ISBN13: 9789814279048, [publisher: ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute] Softcover nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - When P.V. Narasimha Rao and Manmohan Singh launched India's 'Look East' policy, it was only the first stage of the strategy to foster economic and security cooperation with the United States. But 'Looking East' became an end in itself, and Singapore a valid destination, largely because of Lee Kuan Yew. He had been trying since the 1950s to persuade India's leaders that China would steal a march on them if they neglected domestic reform and ignored a region that India had influenced profoundly in ancient times. With his deep understanding of Indian life, close ties with India's leaders from Jawaharlal Nehru on, and sound grasp of realpolitik, Lee never tired of stressing that Asia would be 'submerged' if India did not 'emerge'.Looking East to Look West recounts how India and Singapore rediscovered long-forgotten ties in the endeavour to create a new Asia. Singapore sponsored India's membership of regional institutions. India and Singapore broke diplomatic convention with unprecedented economic and defence agreements that are set to transform boundaries of trade and cooperation. This book traces the process from the earliest mention of Suvarnadbhumi in the Ramayana to Lee Kuan Yew's letter to Lal Bahadur Shastri within moments of declaring ...
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