Jaideep Saikia

Contributions

Indo-Myanmar Security Cooperation: An Analysis

October 27, 2011 Jaideep Saikia

The cooperation that India has received from its neighbours in its quest to combat terrorism and insurgency has waxed and waned like irregular lunar cycles. While Pakistan has been the least cooperative: an influential section of the country’s offi...

Tags: Neighbourhood Studies, Myanmar

Indo-Bangladesh Defence Cooperation: Op Sampriti and Beyond

October 13, 2011 Jaideep Saikia

When Sheikh Hasina’s government in Dhaka reciprocated in almost full measure to Indian overtures by apprehending and repatriating important Indian insurgent leaders billeting in her country, the doors opened not only for improved bilateral cooperat...

Tags: Neighbourhood Studies, Bangladesh

Xinjiang’s Pakistan Connection & Beijing’s Folly

August 16, 2011 Jaideep Saikia

The proximity that has been characterising China and Pakistan relationship may turn out to be not quite all-weather if investigations into the recent violence in Chinese controlled Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region reveal a Pakistan-based Islamist ...

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy, China

‘Designated Camps’ for the Ceasefire Insurgent Groups: Some QRs

August 09, 2011 Jaideep Saikia

One of the most important aspects that govern cessation of hostilities by an insurgent group is the anvilling of ground rules that would govern ceasefire and the setting up of “Designated Camps” for the insurgent group. While, it has been seen th...

Tags: North-East Insurgency, National Security and Strategic Studies

Dialectics of Ceasefires with Insurgents in the North East

August 02, 2011 Jaideep Saikia

Ceasefire with an insurgent outfit is expected to adopt a progression of steps which would lead to a comprehensive resolution of conflict. Indeed, the path, which a peace process normally takes after a ceasefire is entered into, is expected to be les...

Tags: North-East Insurgency, National Security and Strategic Studies