The web version of the following new publication on the Northeast India is freely available from the website of the publisher: East West Center, Washington D.C.
http://www.eastwestcenterwashington.org/ PS 33 Postfrontier Blues: Toward a New Policy Framework for Northeast India by Sanjib Baruah PDF Format A number of armed conflicts smolder in Indias Northeastern border region. For instance, the Naga rebellion, which began in the 1950s, is one of the worlds oldest unresolved armed conflicts. With its controversial human rights record and sluggish economic growth, Northeast India is a counterpoint to Indias new image as a mature democracy, dynamic economy, and emerging major power. This study proposes a democratic institution-building agenda that is sensitive to the particular dynamics of change in this postfrontier. In a historically sparsely populated region with long-term trends of demographic transformation, managing indigenous-settler tensions must be a priority. This and other challenges cannot be addressed through domestic policy alone. An effective alternative policy must have a transnational dimension; to turn the regions extensive international borders with Chinas Tibet region, Bangladesh, Bhutan, and Burma from militarized zones of mistrust and confrontation to spaces of cooperation. _______________________________________________ assam mailing list [email protected] http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
