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Counterproductive Effects of Sanctions - The Myanmar Case Study
Jaideep Chanda

This paper attempts to analyse the trend of certain Western countries and the United Nations (UN) to impose or recommend imposition of sanctions on other countries, using Myanmar as a case study. Presently, certain bans have already been imposed or ....

October 28, 2019 Neighbourhood Studies , Myanmar , Rohingya crisis , Myanmar sanctions , India-Myanmar ties
Myanmar Round Up: September 2019
Jaideep Chanda Article

“…it is clear that China will never be an honest broker capable of mediating a peace process that can bring lasting peace to Myanmar. Rather, China conducts a peace process guided by its own interests—one that goes nowhere.” - Joe Kumbun

October 18, 2019 Neighbourhood Studies , Myanmar , Article , Myanmar constitution issues , Rohingya problem
Myanmar Round Up: August 2019
Jaideep Chanda Article

8888 Uprising Celebrations
The month of August holds reverence in the Myanmar political calendar due to the 8888 Pro-Democracy Uprising, named so since the uprising for democracy peaked on 8 Aug 1988 at Yangon University. This eventually ....

September 10, 2019 Neighbourhood Studies , Myanmar , Article , Myanmar politics , China-Myanmar engagements , Myanmar’s internal wars
From Sanctions to Submarines - Myanmar, July 2019
Jaideep Chanda Article

July 2019 saw Myanmar remain in the news for a number of reasons, some negative and others not so negative. At the end of it all, though it may be a bit early to judge, it seems to be business as usual for the nation. News of the ban on the Myanm....

August 12, 2019 Neighbourhood Studies , Myanmar , Article , West isolating Mynamar , Rohingyia problem , India-Myanmar defence cooperation
‘War and Peace in the Borderlands of Myanmar – The Kachin Ceasefire, 1994-2011’, Edited by Mandy Sadan, Nordic Institute of Asian Studies Press, Copenhagen, Pages 517, Price $ 22.15, ISBN: 978-87-7694-18-8(hbk), 2016
Jaideep Chanda

This book edited by Mandy Sadan, Reader of History of South East Asia at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, focuses on the ‘inter-war period’ (to borrow a terminology associated with conventional war), in tha....

August 02, 2019 Neighbourhood Studies , Myanmar , South East Asia , Book Reviews , Cultural Intimacies
A Perspective on China Myanmar Economic Corridor and Internal Dynamics
Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF Article

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, as a mark of support for China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) had attended both the first and second BRI Forums held in May 2017 and April 2019 in Beijing. Undoubtedly, there were political and economic ramifications of this....

July 05, 2019 Neighbourhood Studies , Myanmar , Article , China-Myanmar relations , CEMC scheme , Indo-Myanmar security concerns
Moreh-Tamu: An Unfulfilled Potential
Dr Sreeradha Datta Article

For India, Myanmar is a vital neighbour, located at a cusp connecting the region of South Asia to Southeast Asia. In the wake of India’s increasing engagement with the Southeast Asian neighours including the ASEAN countries, the Myanmar connect is ....

June 26, 2019 Neighbourhood Studies , Myanmar , Economic Studies , Article , Indo-Myanmar border trade , Organising border trade with Myanmar , Moreh-Tamu
Indo-Myanmar Dialogue

A four member delegation from top think tanks of Myanmar discussed various issues under bilateral as well as regional ambit. Bilateral discussions ranged from social, economic and security issues, India’s ‘neighbours first’ policy, connectivity....

April 23, 2019 Neighbourhood Studies , Myanmar , Interaction , Bilateral discussions , Security issues , social issues
Myanmar: Challenges before Aung San Suu Kyi in 2019
Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF Commentary

Myanmar’s quasi democratic government has completed over half of its constitutionally mandated term but has to yet make a major progress in a number of areas, especially those related to political and economic reforms. While the peace and reconcili....

January 31, 2019 Neighbourhood Studies , Myanmar , Commentary , Myanmar Peace Process , Myanmar in 2019
Interaction with Myanmar Delegation

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organised an interaction with a Myanmar delegation led by Gen. U Aung Min and comprising of five other members of Peace Development Foundation of Myanmar. Gen. U Aung Min, formerly a Minister and Chief N....

September 28, 2018 Neighbourhood Studies , Myanmar , Interaction , OBOR , Arakan army , Myanmar Delegation , India-Myanmar relations , Indo-Myanmar border , U Aung Min
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