ABSTRACT

This book explores — through extensive fieldwork — the link between development and security, critical to India’s Northeast, within the context of the cross-border space it shares with China, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Bhutan, and Nepal. For a long-term sustainable solution to serious issues that include illegal migration and militancy, it proposes forging economic initiatives/collaborations and addressing connectivity problems.

@contents: 1. Security and Development: Understanding the Relationship 2. ‘China Factor’ and India’s Frontier 3. ‘Myanmar Situation’ and India’s Northeast 4. ‘Bangladesh’s Transition’ and India’s Borderland 5. ‘Nepal Issue’ and India East and Northeast 6. ‘Peaceful Bhutan’ and Northeast India’s Hope

chapter 101|18 pages

Borders and Borderland

chapter 1|30 pages

Security and Development

Understanding the Relationship

chapter 2|37 pages

‘China Factor’ and India’s Frontier

chapter 7|15 pages

Epilogue

From Conflicts to Co-operation