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"""India's Near East sheds new light on India's northeastern borderlands, which for decades have been neglected by politicians in Delhi. It also offers a uniquely Indian perspective on the conflicts in Myanmar, a topic normally covered by Western scholars and analysts. Paliwal critiques India's policies towards the northeastern states, Myanmar and Bangladesh. His well-researched book is a valuable contribution to understanding the complexities of one of Asia's ethnically most diverse regions and its seemingly never-ending tribal uprisings and civil wars.""--Bertil Lintner, journalist, expert on South-East Asia and author of The Golden Land Ablaze: Coups, Insurgents and the State in Myanmar ""India's Near East is a rigorous scholarly work of great contemporary relevance. For a deep and basic understanding of the geopolitical dynamics of a partitioned land that was once administratively united by colonialism, and for its twentieth-century evolution through war, conflict and social and administrative change, this will long be the book to turn to.""--Shivshankar Menon, former Indian Foreign Secretary, Ambassador to China and National Security Adviser, and author of Indian and Asian Geopolitics: The Past, Present ""Broadly conceived, deeply researched and vividly written, Avinash Paliwal's book opens up new dimensions of India's international history and foreign policy. Indispensable for everyone interested in the past, present and potential futures of India in Asia.""-- Srinath Raghavan, Professor of International Relations and History, Ashoka University"

"""India's Near East sheds new light on India's northeastern borderlands, which for decades have been neglected by politicians in Delhi. It also offers a uniquely Indian perspective on the conflicts in Myanmar, a topic normally covered by Western scholars and analysts. Paliwal critiques India's policies towards the northeastern states, Myanmar and Bangladesh. His well-researched book is a valuable contribution to understanding the complexities of one of Asia's ethnically most diverse regions and its seemingly never-ending tribal uprisings and civil wars.""--Bertil Lintner, journalist, expert on South-East Asia and author of The Golden Land Ablaze: Coups, Insurgents and the State in Myanmar ""India's Near East is a rigorous scholarly work of great contemporary relevance. For a deep and basic understanding of the geopolitical dynamics of a partitioned land that was once administratively united by colonialism, and for its twentieth-century evolution through war, conflict and social and administrative change, this will long be the book to turn to.""--Shivshankar Menon, former Indian Foreign Secretary, Ambassador to China and National Security Adviser, and author of Indian and Asian Geopolitics: The Past, Present ""Broadly conceived, deeply researched and vividly written, Avinash Paliwal's book opens up new dimensions of India's international history and foreign policy. Indispensable for everyone interested in the past, present and potential futures of India in Asia.""-- Srinath Raghavan, Professor of International Relations and History, Ashoka University ""Paliwal unpicks the seams between South and Southeast Asia in an insightful book that fills gaps in our knowledge. India's Near East reassesses the interconnections across lines drawn on a map and will spur debate about India's approach to its northeast and eastern neighbors."" -- Tanvi Madan, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution, and author of Fateful Triangle: How China Shaped US-India Relations during the Cold War"

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Avinash Paliwal PhD is Senior Lecturer in International Relations at SOAS University of London, specializing in South Asian strategic affairs. A former journalist and foreign affairs analyst, he is the author of My Enemy's Enemy: India in Afghanistan from the Soviet Invasion to the US Withdrawal, published by Oxford University Press.

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