Jan 07,2020 National Commentaries A View from India The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) under a Pan-Asian framework has figured highly in South Korea’s foreign policy over the last decade. The New Asia Initiative (NAI) in 2009 witnessed South Korea factoring ASEAN in its regional diplomacy, moving away from its excessive focus on Northeast Asia. Unlike ASEAN, India was never accorded a […] Jagannath Panda Act East Policy , CEPA , free and open Indo-Pacific , New Southern Policy , RCEP , US-China rivalry