Rising India in the Changing Asia-Pacific : Pentagon Press : 9788182745896 : 01 Dec 2012 : Rising India in the Changing Asia-Pacific: Strategies and Challenges, is an attempt to understand and examine changing geopolitical realities of the Asia-Pacific in the twenty-first century and emerging contours of India's responses to the new-emerging challenges as an emerging great power. This edited volume throws light on two decades of India's Look East Policy, its efforts towards connectivity, regional cooperation and its overall foreign policy thrusts towards its extended neighbourhood in the East. The volume also puts in perspective India's approaches to multilateralism and its role in the whole gamut of ASEAN-driven regional architectures ASEAN, ASEAN Regional forum, East Asia Summit, ASEAN Plus Defence Ministerial Meeting (ADMM+), BIMSTEC, Mekong Ganga Cooperation etc. The study suggests that India has focused its attention on strategic engagement with Asia-Pacific by expanding its commi