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 1, ISSUE 1, OCTOBER 2017


CONTENTS

Research Articles

HOW AMERICAN AND INDIAN FOREIGN POLICY
PERSUADES PAKISTAN TO STOP CROSS-BORDER TERRORISM
JAYANTA KUMAR RAY
7


“OUT-GENERALED, OUTWITTED, AND OUTFOUGHT”:
FLAWED COMMAND AND IMPERIAL HUBRIS IN THE
SOUTHEAST ASIAN RACE WAR
HARISH C. MEHTA
45


SLOW ROADS TO PEACE:
FUTURE CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS FOR
INDIA’S NORTH EAST
JOHN RANJAN MUKHERJEE
91


Editorial Articles

India-China Diplomatic Dossier
BEYOND THE DOKA LA STANDOFF:
IS THE “ASIAN CENTURY” IN JEOPARDY?
ASHOK SAJJANHAR
123


North Eastern Affairs
THE NAGA ACCORD AND ITS ADVERSE EFFECTS IN MANIPUR
JOHN RANJAN MUKHERJEE
131


The Kashmir Question 1
NEED TO CHANGE MINDSCAPES
SURENDRA MUNSHI
137

The Kashmir Question 2
GIVE PEACE A CHANCE, GIVE TERROR NONE
TEJ K. TIKOO
145


Indochina File
WRITTEN IN STONE:
VIETNAM’S PLACE IN THE ASIAN CENTURY
ANIRBAN LAHIRI
151


India In Southeast Asia
India-Thailand Relations: A Seventy-Year Partnership
THE CONVERGENCE OF INDIA’S “ACT EAST”
AND THAILAND’S “LOOK WEST”
ASHOK SAJJANHAR
157


Book Reviews

Multiple Authors. Edited by Yang Razali Kassim.
The South China Sea Disputes:
Flashpoints, Turning Points and Trajectories
PRADIP K. CHATTERJEE
167


Toh Han Shih. Is China An Empire?
JOHN RANJAN MUKHERJEE
175


Jayanta Kumar Ray, Cross-Border Terrorism: Focus On Pakistan
JOHN RANJAN MUKHERJEE
179


The CENERS-K Conference Report
CONFERENCE RECOMMENDATIONS
“MIZORAM: A GATEWAY TO SOUTHEAST ASIA?
WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE?”
184