Vision 2020 or re-vision 1958: The contradictory politics of counter-insurgency in India's regional engagement

Contemporary South Asia

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 313-330

  McDuie Ra, Duncan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

AFSPA; Counter insurgency; Development; Northeast India; South Asian regionalism

Indexed keywords

ARMED FORCES; BORDER REGION; DEMOCRATIZATION; MILITARY GOVERNMENT; MILITARY INTERVENTION; PARADIGM SHIFT; PEACEKEEPING; REGIONAL POLITICS; REGIONALISM;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 70449390575     PISSN: 09584935     EISSN: 1469364X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09584930903108994     Document Type: Article

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