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India's Act East Policy serves as a diplomatic tool for comprehensive national security, relying heavily on domestic societal security and social integration in the North East Region for its successful implementation. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

What question did this study set out to answer?

To examine how domestic stability and societal security conditions in India's Northeast Region enable and shape the implementation of the Act East Policy.

September 8, 2026Strategic Analysis

India’s Act East Policy: A Diplomatic Tool for Social Integration and National Security

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DSDeepika SinghUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst VRVinay Kumar Rao

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Qualitative policy review demonstrates domestic societal security underpins foreign strategy in Northeast India, highlighting internal cohesion as crucial for cross-border diplomatic success.

Key Points

To examine how domestic stability and societal security conditions in India's Northeast Region enable and shape the implementation of the Act East Policy.
Qualitative policy analysis assessing India's Act East Policy through the dual frameworks of traditional military defense and non-traditional societal security.
Contextual evaluation of internal regional threats, focusing on social fragmentation and the May 2023 identity-driven conflict in Manipur.
National security operates beyond military defense to encompass societal security, requiring protection of the domestic social fabric from both internal polarization and external disruption.
Identity vacuums and ethnic conflicts in border areas undermine social integration, weakening the domestic baseline required to sustain international diplomatic initiatives.

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Singh et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a9fd7b758e84d0ff5b46b1f https://doi.org/10.1080/09700161.2026.2719036

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Qualitative policy review demonstrates domestic societal security underpins foreign strategy in Northeast India, highlighting internal cohesion as crucial for cross-border diplomatic success.

India’s Act East Policy: A Diplomatic Tool for Social Integration and National Security

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India’s Act East Policy: A Diplomatic Tool for Social Integration and National Security

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