At a time when Asia's power dynamics remain fluid, with new military capabilities and resurgent border disputes challenging regional stability, U.S. President Barack Obama and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh are embarking on separate Asian tours that culminate with their participation in the East Asia Summit meeting in Phnom Penh. Singh's Tokyo visit seeks to cement a rapidly growing relationship between Japan and India — two natural allies — while Obama's historic visit to Myanmar promises to aid India's "Look East" policy by marking a formal end to a 24-year U.S. policy of punitively isolating a country that is the Indian gateway to Southeast Asia.
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