TTLA: India's Act East Policy (2014 - 2020).

1. Full name of PhD student: Nguyen Van Thang 2. Gender: Male
3. Date of birth: January 5, 1975 4. Place of birth: Hanoi
5. Decision to recognize PhD students: according to Decision No. 3013/2019/QD-XHNV dated July 30, 2019 of the President of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.
6. Changes in the training process (if any): Extension of study period by 12 months (from July 2022 to June 2023).
7. Thesis topic: India's Act East Policy (2014 - 2020).
8. Major: International Relations 9. Code: 9310601.01
10. Scientific advisor: Prof. Dr. Hoang Khac Nam
11. Summary of new results of the thesis:
11.1. Main results: It can be affirmed that the thesis is the first systematic research work in Vietnam studying AEP of India in the period 2014 - 2020. Therefore, the thesis has new contributions both in science and practice demonstrated through the following results:
- The thesis summarizes the theoretical viewpoints of the schools of thought on the formation and development of India's AEP, clarifies the concept and content of the foreign policy of a middle-level state in international relations, and applies it to India's foreign relations with Southeast Asia, Northeast Asia, the South Pacific and vice versa.
- The thesis has systematically and scientifically presented the goals, contents and implementation process of India's AEP in the period of 2014 - 2020. Thereby, the thesis contributes to enriching the methodology in researching India's foreign policy in general, India's AEP policy in particular and the role and vision of Prime Minister N. Modi in putting this policy into practice and expanding India's influence.
- Thesislike outObjective and comprehensive comments on the achievements and limitations in the process of adjusting India's Look East Policy (LEP) into AEP under Prime Minister N. Modi and assessing the impacts of this adjustment on Southeast Asia and Vietnam, and forecasting the prospects of AEP in the coming time.
- On that basis, the Thesis focused on analyzing the advantages, difficulties, opportunities and challenges for Vietnam, thereby recommending solutions to improve the effectiveness of Vietnam's participation in India's AEP, in the context of Vietnam promoting the international integration process, strengthening multilateral cooperation, and promoting the Vietnam - India "Comprehensive Strategic Partnership" into reality.
11.2. Conclusion:
Through research, the AEP Thesis of India (2014 - 2020) has demonstrated that the cooperation model in AEP has developed strongly in terms of scope, scale and nature of cooperation with regions, as well as partner countries compared to LEP, which is a new issue in the research conditions of Vietnam. Through inheriting and absorbing from related studies as well as analyzing and presenting new arguments, the thesis has made an important contribution in providing an updated and current perspective on AEP of India that no other research has done.
On the basis of a solid foundation of common values ​​and benefits achieved, in the next 10 years, India will continue to strongly and extensively deploy AEP to Southeast Asia, Northeast Asia, the South Pacific and cover the entire Indo-Pacific region, which may have more "breakthroughs" than in the recent period. India continues to attach importance to the role and position of Vietnam, identifying Vietnam as an important pillar in AEP to promote the "Comprehensive Strategic Partnership". This is in line with Vietnam's foreign policy motto of "making friends with all countries", a good opportunity for Vietnam to balance relations between major countries, make good use of the cooperation framework of AEP itself to expand relations with India in both breadth and depth, to exploit the resources that India has strengths in, serving the international integration process and the goal of becoming a developing country with modern industry and high average income by 2030.
12. Further research directions: Continue to expand the scope of research on the AEP topic of India, focusing on studying: India's promotion of the implementation of AEP goals, through the initiatives "Make in India", "Digital India", "100 Smart Cities"; Expand the scope of AEP to the Asia-Pacific region and converge and connect with regional policies of major countries (Australia, Japan, Korea, USA); Invest resources (foreign politics, economy, defense and security), to participate deeply in mechanisms, institutions and forums with ASEAN as the core...
13. Publications related to the thesis:

 

 

11.1. The major results: It can be affirmed that the thesis is the first systematic study in Vietnam to study India's AEP in the period 2014 - 2020. Therefore, the thesis has new contributions in both science and practice. This is demonstrated by the following results:

- The thesis generalizes the theoretical perspectives of the commentaries on the formation and development of India's AEP, clarifies the concept and content of foreign policy of the middle country actor in internationalrelations appliedto India's external relations with Southeast Asia, Northeast Asia,South PacificOcean and vice versa.

-The thesis logically and scientifically explains in detail and comprehensively the objectives, content and process of India's AEP implementation in the period 2014 - 2020. Thereby, the thesis contributes to enriching the methodology in the mainresearch: India's foreign policy in general, India's AEP policy in particular and Prime Minister N. Modi's role and vision in putting this policy into practice and expanding India's influence.

- The thesis gives an objective and comprehensive comment on the achievements and limitations in the process of adjusting Look East Policy (LEP) into AEP of India under Prime Minister N.Modi. The thesis alsoassesses the impacts of this adjustment to theEast region. SouthEast Asia and Vietnam, and forecast the prospects of AEP in the coming time.

- On that basis, the thesis has focused on analyzing advantages, difficulties, opportunities and challenges for Vietnam, thereby recommending solutions to improve efficiency when Vietnam joins India's AEP, in the context of Vietnam accelerating the process of international integration, strengthening multilateral cooperation, promoting the “comprehensive strategic” partnership between Vietnam and India into reality.

11.2. Conclusions:

- Through research, the thesis AEP of India (2014 - 2020), has proven that the cooperation model in AEP has made great strides in terms of scope, scale and nature of cooperation withVietnam: regions, as well as partner countries compared with LEP, this is a new issue in the research conditions of Vietnam. Through inheriting and absorbing relevant studies as well as analyzing and making new arguments, the thesis has made an important contribution in giving an updated and topical perspective on AEP. of India, whichnoearlier studies have been done

- On the basis of a solid foundation of common values ​​and benefits achieved, in the next 10years, India will continue to vigorously and extensively deploy AEP to Southeast Asia, Northeast Asia, South Pacific and cover the entire Indo-Pacific region.  India continues to attach great importance to the role and position of Vietnam, identifying Vietnam as an important pillar in the AEP to promote the “Comprehensive Strategic Partnership” relationship. This is in line with Vietnam's foreign policy of “making friends with all countries”, and is a good opportunity to help Vietnam balance its relations between major countries, making good use of the AEP's own cooperation framework to open upthe world, expanding relations with India in both breadth and depth, in order to exploit the resources that India has strengths, serving the process of international integration and the goal of becoming a developing country with modern industry, Highaverage incomeby 2030.

12. Future research directions: Continuing to expand the scope of India's AEP research, focusing on: India accelerates the implementation of AEP goals, through the “Make in India”, “Digital India”, “100 Smart Cities”; Expand the scope of AEP to the Asia-Pacific region and converge and connect with regional policies of major countries (Australia, Japan, Korea, the US); Invest resources (foreign politics, economy, defense and security), to participate deeply in ASEAN-led mechanisms, institutions and forums...
13. Thesis-related publications: