ABSTRACT
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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 1|18 pages
Conceptualizing India and Myanmar borderlands
part I|79 pages
India–Myanmar relations
chapter 3|19 pages
Crisis in the Rakhine State of Myanmar
chapter 4|16 pages
Reality on the Indo–Myanmar border
part II|43 pages
Proximity to connectivity
part III|51 pages
Changing political landscape and India–Myanmar cooperation