MANTRAYA ANALYSIS#47: 14 JULY 2020 Nagaland: Mirage of Peace Bibhu Prasad Routray – Abstract August 2020 will mark five years since hopes were raised by the Government of India (GoI) of a solution to the Naga insurgency. However, in spite of the periodic optimistic statements by authorities, a solution to the oldest insurgency of India […]
MANTRAYA POLICY BRIEF#31: 12 NOVEMBER 2019 Nagaland: Conflict Fragility, Intractability, and Resolution Bibhu Prasad Routray – Abstract More than four years after it signed the framework agreement with the NSCN-IM in 2015, New Delhi appears distant from signing a final peace deal in the restive state of Nagaland. Conducted under the close of watch of […]
MANTRAYA ANALYSIS#38: 10 JULY 2019 ‘Negative Peace’: Conflict Economy of Naga Insurgency Bibhu Prasad Routray – Abstract How does an insurgency movement engaged in peace talks with the government generate its finances? Should the government attempt to curb its extortion activities that retains not only its structural violence instrumentalities, but also the options of indefinitely […]
MANTRAYA ANALYSIS#21: 19 FEBRUARY 2018 State of Play: Insurgencies in India’s Northeast – Bibhu Prasad Routray – Abstract Amid relative tranquility, little rebellions are continuing in India’s northeastern region. Headed by recalcitrant rebel leaders, some of whom have no inhibitions in aligning their ambitions with that of the anti-India policies of neighbouring […]