National Security Issues : Northeast India Perspectives

Contents: Abbreviations. Introduction/Abu Nasar Saied Ahmed. 1. Redefining national security: an overview/Archana Upadhya and Abu Nasar Saied Ahmed. 2. National security issues in the Northeast India/S.K. Agnihotri. 3. India\'s Northeast soft under belly: strategic vulnerability and security/Gurudas Das. 4. Refugee problem and security question: the Chakma-Hajong refugee issue in Arunachal Pradesh/A.C. Talukdar. 5. ULFA and the unresolved problems of nationalism in Assam/Samir Kumar Das. 6. Armed conflict, development and Manipur/Amar Yumnam. 7. MNF Movement and peace process in Mizoram: an alternative model of conflict resolution for insurgency movements in Northeast India/R.K. Satapathy. 8. Insurgency in Tripura and its impact on the state\'s economy/J.B. Ganguly. 9. The impact of militancy on the economy of the Jhumias of the Northeast: a study of Tripura/Malabika Das Gupta. 10. Bhutan\'s relations with India: the problem of differentiating the internal from the external for a secondary state/B.P. Misra. Index.

"The book contains 10 articles presented in a national seminar organized by the Omeo Kumar Das Institute of social change and development in collaboration with the Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi. The articles provide a northeastern perspective of India\'s national security and cover various current and divergent issues. It has a long introductory note of the editor." (jacket)