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New Delhi:India is one of the three least strategically relevant countries to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) while China maintains its position as the most influential economic and political-strategic power in the region, according to a study published Tuesday...
The report, The State of Southeast Asia 2024, published by the ISEAS Yusof Ishak Institute, an autonomous research organisation set up by the Singaporean parliament in 1968, surveyed 1,994 respondents from the 10 ASEAN countries Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam...
Of the 10 ASEAN countries, respondents from Myanmar and Singapore ranked India as fifth and sixth respectively in terms of strategic relevance highlighting the favourable perceptions held by its neighbour and the historical-cultural relationship between the countries, according to the survey...
In comparison, respondents from Cambodia, Laos, the Philippines and Vietnam, ranked India ninth in terms of strategic relevance reflecting the influence of geopolitical alignments and regional dynamics on perceptions of Indias importance, noted the survey...
India is third among the choices of Southeast Asians with 10.5 percent of the respondents believing New Delhi as a viable partner in broadening ASEANs strategic options...
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