logistical spaces VIII.pdf

The Wire, 2022

Myanmar share 1,643 land borders with India and is promising as the gateway for India to other Southeast Asian countries. Indo-Myanmar relationship reasonably got underway after the "Treaty of Friendship 1951", after which the foundation for a more solid relationship was recognized during the tenure of Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi"s trip in 1987. Mutual ties received another significant boost when the two countries signed a trade agreement in 1994. This convergence of relationship between India and Myanmar is due to the emerging global phenomenon of economic liberalization on one hand and the rapprochement of two countries by retracting the past historical values that both shared for centuries on the other. Consequently India and Myanmar signed various bilateral agreements visa -vis participated together in different regional organizations viz. BIMSTEC, Mekong Cooperation, BCIM etc. and these gave a momentum on strengthening the cooperation.. The paper therefore evaluates the re-establishment of Indo-Myanmar relations in the post-democratic period examine the shift of policy on development paradigm and also critically explore on how the frontier of NorthEast India benefitted through the initiatives of current cooperation.

India and Myanmar Borderlands: Ethnicity, Security and Connectivity, 2020

The paper analyses the changing contours of India’s national security in the context of rapidly evolving domestic situation within Myanmar. The paper argues that in the last two to three years military backed Civilian government in Naypyidaw has taken several steps to strengthen her ties with the great powers like United States, European Union and Japan, and regional players India and ASEAN as a counter hedging strategy to reduce China’s influence in Myanmar’s economic and strategic matters that was established during her two long decades of association. However, China’s hold over Myanmar’s economic and strategic matters is already strong and this poses a great challenge to India’s economic and strategic interests within Myanmar and the region. KEYWORDS Introduction, diplomatic ties as eco,polt,def,area of divergence, role of great powers .

India’s relation with Myanmar was not so cordial during the larger part of the cold war era except in early phase of independence of both the countries. However, it dramatically moved toward a new direction with the end of cold war in 1990s. This convergence of relationship between India and Myanmar is due to the emerging global phenomenon of economic liberalization on one hand and the rapprochement of two countries by retracting the past historical values that both shared for centuries on the other. Subsequently India and Myanmar signed many bilateral agreements vis-a-vis participated together in different regional organizations viz. BIMSTEC, Mekong Cooperation, BCIM etc. and these gave a fillip on strengthening the cooperation. The redefined relation though was not adequate to open-up a new route of trade and commerce but it certainly sowed the seed of socio-economic interdependence between the two countries. Largely this friendship endow an opportunity to the neglected frontier of the both sides on reconstruction of long standing development deficit, particularly the North-East India which has been criticized of having regionally imbalanced witnesses the process of infrastructural development and more initiatives underlay to realize from word to action. The North-East, of which, becomes a focal point of development with the changing Indo-Myanmar relations as the region is economically integrated to the Southeast Asian world. When one looks through the prism of realism, the relationship of India and Myanmar becomes dynamic and mutual cooperation in such short interface that brought cyclic change is much motivated. This shift of paradigm is remarkably a hallmark on development apparatus for the two countries predominantly in the border region. The paper therefore assess the re-establishment of Indo-Myanmar relations in the post-cold war era, examine the shift of policy on development paradigm and also critically analyze on how the frontier of North-East India benefitted through the initiatives of recent cooperation.

2020

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the nature of border trade between India and Myanmar. India is an emerging power with fast economic growth, geographic size, natural resources, and dynamic population. It has adopted a new foreign policy and economic orientation towards its South East Asian bordering neighbors including Myanmar. China, however, initiated a global strategy-the Belt and Road Initiative in 2013. This study looks into the geopolitics of the Sino-Indian rivalry in the context of the global power configurations and inter-state economic relations. To this end, the methodology of a case study for Moreh-Tamu border trade along the Indo-Myanmar cross-border region has been applied in this paper. The findings reveal growing trade relations and bilateral economic engagements of both India and Myanmar. India’s Northeastern border issues, ASEAN connectivity, the BCIM economic corridor of the BRI, India’s neighborhood policy, as well as the geo-political dynamics, among other factors, are the principal factors affecting India-Myanmar border trade. The problems of the Sino-Indian rivalry, weak borderlands infrastructures and ethnic insurgencies have emerged as the major obstacles to border trade along the Moreh-Tamu border region. This study concludes that India and Myanmar are increasingly engaged in cross-border trade and economic cooperation

Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Asian and African Studies, 2021

India and Myanmar are two neighboring countries that share a border of nearly 1500 kilometers and have a relationship based on history, politics, culture, and ethnicity from over 2000 years to the present. India officially established diplomatic relations with Myanmar after the Southeast Asian country gained independence in 1948. Since 1992, the implementation of India’s Look East Policy in addition to the strategic importance of Myanmar as a neighbor created a catalyst for new development in relations between the two countries. India — Myanmar relations have shifted from a cold and strained status (1962–1991) to improvement, consolidation and development in the years 1992–2014. Furthermore, the relationship between the two countries was developed on the basis of inheriting the achievements of the previous period (1948–1991) that were not only in the political sphere. There was a complete development in many aspects (politics — diplomacy, economy, security — defense, etc.) for two d...

Due to its location at the juncture of India and Southeast Asia, Myanmar is strategically significant to India. Myanmar is the only nation In “Southeast Asia” having a land boundary with “north-eastern