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India and Myanmar borderlands : ethnicity, security and connectivity /
India and Myanmar borderlands : ethnicity, security and connectivity /
Edited by Pahi Saikia
- South Asian Edition
- New York Routledge 2020
- xiv, 200 pages 24 cm.
Foreword by Rakhahari Chatterji:
1. Conceptualizing India and Myanmar Borderlands: Ethnicity, Security and Connectivity Pahi Saikia and Anasua Basu Ray Chaudhury;
Part I: India–Myanmar Relations: Ethnicity and Security Dimensions;
2. State-Territoriality, Circulation of Socio-Cultural Relations and Resistance in India–Myanmar Borderlands Pahi Saikia, Ingudam Yaipharemba and Apurba K. Baruah;
3. Crisis in the Rakhine State of Myanmar: Bilateral Relations with India in Perspective Mihir Bhonsale;
4. Reality on the Indo–Myanmar Border: Field Observations from Longwa and Hmaungbuchhuah on Issues of Ethnicity, Connectivity and Security Rajeev Bhattacharyya;
5. Territoriality, Ethnic Contestation and Insurgency in the Indo–Myanmar Borderland Ngamjahao Kipgen;
Part II: Proximity to Connectivity: India–Myanmar in Perspective;
6. India–Myanmar Relations: A Perspective from the Border Alana Golmei;
7. India–Myanmar Borderland: Pressing Concerns in Public Health Hazards Anasua Basu Ray Chaudhury and Sreeparna Banerjee;
8. Employing Proximity: Boosting Bilateral Ties between India and Myanmar Pratnashree Basu;
Part III: Changing Political Landscape and India–Myanmar Cooperation;
9. Political Economy of Sub-Regional Cooperation: ‘Interests’ in Reframing the Peripheries of India and Myanmar Rakhee Bhattacharya;
10. Act East Policy and the Importance of Myanmar and Northeast India Region Nehginpao Kipgen;
11. India–Myanmar Relations: Political Transition and Shared Borderlands K. Yhome;
Index.
This book explores the India–Myanmar relationship in terms of ethnicity, security and connectivity. With the process of democratic transition in Myanmar since 2011 and the ongoing Rohingya crisis, issues related to cross-border insurgency are one of the most important factors that determine bilateral ties between the two neighboring countries. The volume discusses a diverse range of themes – historical dimensions of cooperation; contested territories, resistance and violence in India–Myanmar borderlands; ethnic linkages; political economy of India–Myanmar cooperation; and Act East Policy – to examine the prospects and challenges of the strategic partnership between India and Myanmar, and analyzes further possibilities to move forward. The chapters further look at cross-border informal commercial exchanges, public health, population movements, and problems of connectivity and infrastructure projects.
Comprehensive, topical and with its rich empirical data, the volume will be useful to scholars and researchers of political studies, international relations, security studies, foreign policy, contemporary history, and South Asian studies as well as government bodies and think tanks.
9780367479145 (Paperback)
Foreword by Rakhahari Chatterji:
1. Conceptualizing India and Myanmar Borderlands: Ethnicity, Security and Connectivity Pahi Saikia and Anasua Basu Ray Chaudhury;
Part I: India–Myanmar Relations: Ethnicity and Security Dimensions;
2. State-Territoriality, Circulation of Socio-Cultural Relations and Resistance in India–Myanmar Borderlands Pahi Saikia, Ingudam Yaipharemba and Apurba K. Baruah;
3. Crisis in the Rakhine State of Myanmar: Bilateral Relations with India in Perspective Mihir Bhonsale;
4. Reality on the Indo–Myanmar Border: Field Observations from Longwa and Hmaungbuchhuah on Issues of Ethnicity, Connectivity and Security Rajeev Bhattacharyya;
5. Territoriality, Ethnic Contestation and Insurgency in the Indo–Myanmar Borderland Ngamjahao Kipgen;
Part II: Proximity to Connectivity: India–Myanmar in Perspective;
6. India–Myanmar Relations: A Perspective from the Border Alana Golmei;
7. India–Myanmar Borderland: Pressing Concerns in Public Health Hazards Anasua Basu Ray Chaudhury and Sreeparna Banerjee;
8. Employing Proximity: Boosting Bilateral Ties between India and Myanmar Pratnashree Basu;
Part III: Changing Political Landscape and India–Myanmar Cooperation;
9. Political Economy of Sub-Regional Cooperation: ‘Interests’ in Reframing the Peripheries of India and Myanmar Rakhee Bhattacharya;
10. Act East Policy and the Importance of Myanmar and Northeast India Region Nehginpao Kipgen;
11. India–Myanmar Relations: Political Transition and Shared Borderlands K. Yhome;
Index.
This book explores the India–Myanmar relationship in terms of ethnicity, security and connectivity. With the process of democratic transition in Myanmar since 2011 and the ongoing Rohingya crisis, issues related to cross-border insurgency are one of the most important factors that determine bilateral ties between the two neighboring countries. The volume discusses a diverse range of themes – historical dimensions of cooperation; contested territories, resistance and violence in India–Myanmar borderlands; ethnic linkages; political economy of India–Myanmar cooperation; and Act East Policy – to examine the prospects and challenges of the strategic partnership between India and Myanmar, and analyzes further possibilities to move forward. The chapters further look at cross-border informal commercial exchanges, public health, population movements, and problems of connectivity and infrastructure projects.
Comprehensive, topical and with its rich empirical data, the volume will be useful to scholars and researchers of political studies, international relations, security studies, foreign policy, contemporary history, and South Asian studies as well as government bodies and think tanks.
9780367479145 (Paperback)