India’s Look East Policy and the Northeast

Thongkholal Haokip is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Presidency University, Kolkata. He is the Editor of Journal of North East India Studies, and specialises in and writes extensively on India’s policy towards its Northeastern region, the Look East policy, ethnicity and ethnic relations in Northeast India. He has recently edited The Kukis of Northeast India: Politics and Culture (2013).

Haokip’s book traverses the economic and political past of Northeast India and throws light on the roots of various problems of the region.

• AcknowledgementsPrefaceRegional Integration and IndiaEvolution of India’s Look East PolicyEconomic Potentials of the Look East PolicyPolitical Integration in Northeast IndiaEconomic Development in Northeast IndiaIndia’s Northeast PolicyPolitical Impact of the Look East PolicyConclusionBibliographyIndex