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Why India’s Northeast Frontier is More Vulnerable Than Its Western Border with Pakistan
By Rajeev Bhattacharyya
Conflicts in the Northeast are multilayered and covert, ranging from the political and social to the environmental, and with cross-border linkages.
Why Are Tokay Geckos Being Smuggled Out of India’s Northeast?
By Rajeev Bhattacharyya
This lizard species, which is valued for its use in traditional medicine in China and Southeast Asia, can earn a smuggler around $70,000 per lizard.
How India’s China Challenge Is Reshaping Its Domestic and Foreign Policy
By Aadil Brar
China-India geopolitical competition has notably shaped Indian domestic and foreign policy for decades – as it still does.
Coal Mine Disaster in India’s Assam Opens Can of Worms
By Rajeev Bhattacharyya
Rat-hole mining is banned by the Supreme Court. But its practice persists under the noses of government officials and politicians.
India Reimposes Restrictions on Foreign Nationals Visiting Three Northeastern States
By Rajeev Bhattacharyya
There have been instances of foreigners engaging in activities considered harmful to national security in the volatile region.
Manipur in India’s Northeast Remains in the Grip of Uncertainty and Fear
By Rajeev Bhattacharyya
Rumors are circulating in Imphal that the government is considering ceasefire agreements with Indian separatist groups sheltering in Myanmar.
How Manipur Caught Fire
By Binalakshmi Nepram
Tracing the historic roots – and immediate chronology – of the violence in the Northeast Indian state.
‘The Darkest Times in Manipur History’
Binalakshmi Nepram and Sushant Singh discuss the ongoing violence in Manipur, the root causes, and what the government should do to restore peace.
Kham Khan Suan Hausing on Why Manipur Is up in Flames
By Sudha Ramachandran
“The state prepared the institutional ecosystem for these riots by aggressively pushing its integrationist and majoritarian agenda.”
India Faces a Two-Front Challenge From Post-Coup Myanmar
By Niranjan Marjani
Myanmar’s deteriorating situation risks destabilizing India’s Northeast, while the junta’s embrace of China poses threats in the Indian Ocean.
A Community From India’s Northeast Finds a Home in Israel
By Rajeev Bhattacharyya
Around 4,000 people of the Bnei Menashe, one of 10 lost tribes of Israel, have emigrated to Israel.
BJP Retains Hold in 3 States of India’s Northeast
By Rajeev Bhattacharyya
Election results show that the party has consolidated the inroads it began making in the region only a few years ago.
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