A PUBLICATION OF THE RESEARCH CENTRE FOR EASTERN AND
NORTH EASTERN REGIONAL STUDIES, KOLKATA

A University Grants Commission Approved Journal
(under UGC-CARE, Arts & Humanities Citation Index)
ISSN 2582-2241

VOLUME 4, ISSUE 2, MAY 2020

CONTENTS

 

North East Advisory

THE VANITY OF HOPE
VERONICA KHANGCHIAN

 

Asian Advisory

VIETNAM SINCE 1975: WHO WON THE WAR?
ROBERT BUZZANCO

 

Research Articles

UNDOING THE RADCLIFFE AWARDS
RE-IMAGINING BORDER HAATS AT
INDIA’S NORTH EAST AND BANGLADESH
JIGME WANGDI

 

AMITY AND ENMITY WITHIN
THE CONTEMPORARY SOUTHEAST ASIAN REGIONAL COMPLEX
RYAN MITRA

 

THE CAMBODIAN EXPERIENCE OF DEMINING
AFTER THE CIVIL WAR – 3
BECOMING MINE-FREE BY THE 2025 DEADLINE
LENG SOCHEA



CROSSBORDER INTERVENTIONS
TESTING INDIA’S FOREIGN POLICY
AFTER AIRSTRIKES ON PAKISTANI TERROR CAMPS
VINAY KAURA

 

Books

Excerpt

WATER POWER,WATER WORRIES:
CHINA’S GOALS AND CHALLENGES AS
THE BRAHMAPUTRA’S UPPERMOST RIPARIAN
By JOEL WUTHNOW
(From Raging Waters: China, India, Bangladesh,
and Brahmaputra River Politics,
by Nilanthi Samaranayake, Satu Limaye, and Joel Wuthnow)

Reviews

Greg C. Bruno. Blessings from Beijing:
Inside China’s Soft-Power War on Tibet.
Madhu Gurung. Tibet with My Eyes Closed.
Bijoya Sawian. Shadow Men: A Novel and Two Stories.
Deepa Agarwal. Journey to the Forbidden City.
ANJANA BASU