Abstract
India sees a role for itself in shaping Asia’s emerging security and economic architecture. The Indian view, stated clearly by Shri Anil Wadhwa, then secretary (east) in the Ministry of External Affairs, is that “the regional security architecture should be open, transparent, inclusive and evolutionary; should respect the diversity of the region; as well as be coterminous with the boundaries of the EAS [East Asia Summit].”1 This essay will first look at the security challenges India perceives in the Asia-Pacific before examining India’s cooperation with ASEAN and involvement in the ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting-Plus (ADMM-Plus). The third section will then discuss India’s involvement in other regional forums and make some comparisons with the ADMM-Plus.
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