India and the World Part 5: Act East — ASEAN and the Indo-Pacific Beyond the Quad, Exam-Ready Notes

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Look East became Act East in 2014: ASEAN centrality plus wider Indo-Pacific instruments.

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  1. ASEAN file
  2. Beyond ASEAN
  3. East Asian balances
  4. Revise in 30 seconds

ASEAN file

  • Comprehensive Strategic Partnership since 2021; annual summits; AITIGA review under way.
  • Quick-impact projects in CLMV states; $1 bn ASEAN-India fund for digital and sustainability work.

Beyond ASEAN

  • Quad: maritime-security working groups; 2025 foreign ministersu2019 meeting hosted by New Delhi.
  • SAGAR and the Indo-Pacific Oceans Initiative: HADR, ecology, connectivity pillars.
  • IPEF supply-chain pillar ratified; the trade pillar stays parked. EOCTA with Australia in force 2024.

East Asian balances

  • Japan: bullet-train and clean-energy loans; Korea: CEPA plus fabs; trilateral cooperation revived.

Revise in 30 seconds

  • CSP with ASEAN: 2021.
  • Quad FMM 2025 hosted by India.
  • IPEF: supply-chain pillar live.
  • EOCTA with Australia, in force 2024.

Quick revision

  • Comprehensive Strategic Partnership since 2021; annual summits; AITIGA review under way.
  • Quick-impact projects in CLMV states; $1 bn ASEAN-India fund for digital and sustainability work.
  • Quad: maritime-security working groups; 2025 foreign ministersu2019 meeting hosted by New Delhi.
  • SAGAR and the Indo-Pacific Oceans Initiative: HADR, ecology, connectivity pillars.
  • IPEF supply-chain pillar ratified; the trade pillar stays parked. EOCTA with Australia in force 2024.
  • Japan: bullet-train and clean-energy loans; Korea: CEPA plus fabs; trilateral cooperation revived.