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 forgiIntroduction. 1. Security and Development: Understanding the Relationship 2. China Factor and Indias Frontier 3. Myanmar Situation and Indias Northeast 4. Bangladeshs Transition and Indias Borderland 5. Nepal Issue and India East and Northeast 6. Peaceful Bhutan and Northeast Indias Hope. Epilogue: From Conflict to Co-operation. BibliographyThis 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.
Rakhee Bhattacharya is Associate Director/Fellow, Rajiv Gandhi Institute for Contemporary Studies, Rajiv Gandhi Foundation, New Delhi.
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