India's Asia-Pacific strategy is in the process of formulation and it's essentially an extension of the "Look East" policy. Behind it are profound economic, security and strategic driving forces. In the aspect of regional economic integration, India's Asia-Pacific strategy was featured by "easy first, zigzag forward"; on security, the importance of oceans has been highlighted due to energy and geopolitical consideratios; on strategy, the United States I's of top importauce and China was targeted for catching-up and balancing, while Japan is the partner for collaboration in immediate and mid-term. India's nature as a swing state geopolitically has been recognized by the United States and its Asian allies. In the long run, India-U.S relations will tend to be"friendly", and U.S-China-India trilateral collaboration is one of the strategic objectives of India to achieve in Asia Pacific. <<