![Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi reviews an honor guard, accompanied by Indonesian President Joko Widodo, during their meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia, May 30, 2018 (AP photo Darren Whiteside).](https://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/l_indonesia-modi-06112018-1.jpg?w=519&h=259&crop=1)
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi used a three-country tour of Southeast Asia in the late May and early June to tout his “Act East” policy. In Indonesia, he signed a deal to develop the country’s Sabang port at the mouth of the strategic Malacca Strait, while pledging to boost security and maritime cooperation. And in an address to the Shangri-La Dialogue, a forum on Asian security issues in Singapore, he pledged India’s commitment to free navigation and a rules-based order for maritime security in Asia. In an email interview, Anubhav Gupta, the assistant director of the Asia Society Policy Institute […]