Hanoi is closer than Delhi.: Conflict analysis and peacebuilding dilemmas in North East India and South East Asia from a comparative perspective

• Jordi Urgell García ; María Villellas Ariño ^[1]
  1. [1] Escola de Cultura de Pau
• Localización: Quaderns de construcció de pau, ISSN-e 2013-8024, Nº. 13, 2010, págs. 1-28
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Most of the exhaustive literature that exists about the armed conflicts in North East India focuses its analysis on the centre-periphery relationship between the government of India and the political elites, insurgencies and state governments in North East India. There also exists a growing body of literature dealing with the transnational dimensions of the conflicts in North East India, a region that shares 98% of its borders with other countries and only 2% with India. However, there have been no systematic efforts to analyze the political situation from a comparative perspective. This paper compares some of the conflicts in North East India –mainly the cases of Assam, Manipur, Nagaland and Tripura– with those in South East Asia –Indonesia (Aceh), the Philippines (Mindanao), Thailand (south) and Burma (east)– in terms of the conflicts’ causes and dynamics, the insurgencies’ goals, narratives and tactics and the governments’ conflict management strategies. Although further research is needed on this comparative perspective, one preliminary conclusion of this paper is that there are many similarities between those conflicts in North East India and South East Asia.