1st Edition
Northeast India and India's Act East Policy Identifying the Priorities
Introduction - M. Amarjeet Singh, Part I: The Changing Geopolitics, Chapter 1: Act East Policy: Northeast as a Bridgehead to ASEAN - Shristi Pukhrem, Chapter 2: Northeast India’s Critical Role in Harnessing the Three Cs- Commerce, Connectivity and Culture in Act East Policy - Munmun Majumdar, Chapter 3: Act East Policy and Emerging Economic Geography in India's Northeast - Rakhee Bhattacharya, Chapter 4: Connecting the Borders: Northeast India and Myanmar - Sonu Trivedi, Chapter 5: Understanding Myanmar’s Perspective on India’s Act East Policy: An Analysis - P.S. Ramya, Part II: Northeast India in the Act East policy, Chapter 6: Beyond ‘Frontier’: Cultural Genealogy of India’s Look East/Act East Policy in Northeast India from a Contemporary Perspective - Nandini Bhattacharyya Panda , Chapter 7: Contextualizing India’s Act East Policy in Northeast Region - Jiten Yumnam, Chapter 8: Potential of Northeast India as a Corridor for International Trade: With Special Reference to Trade Between Tripura and Bangladesh - Barnali Roy and Arobindo Mahato, Chapter 9: Borders as Capillaries for Economic Exchanges: Nathula Pass in Sikkim and its Implications for Northeast India - Sangay Lachenpa, Chapter 10: The Act East Policy and Upper Assam: The Ledo/Stilwell Road Perspective - Kaustubh Deka, Chapter 11: India’s Act East Policy: A Response from the Borderland - Nongthombam Jiten, Chapter 12: The Inner Line Permit Paradox in India’s Act East Policy - C.V. Lalmalsawmi
Biography
M. Amarjeet Singh is Professor at the Centre for North East Studies and Policy Research, Jamia Millia Islamia (A Central University), India, where he teaches courses on social conflict, and society and politics of India’s Northeast. His research interest focuses on conflict studies, identity politics, and migration studies. His previous publications include the co-edited book Identity, Contestation and Development in Northeast India (Routledge India, 2015).
