Publications - Books & Articles

Personal Publications

Books

2010. Histoire de la Birmanie contemporaine: le pays des prétoriens, Paris: Fayard.

Link to Editions Fayard (September 2010)

2003. Wooing the Generals - India's New Burma Policy, New Delhi: Authorspress.

Reviewed by Satyabrat Sinha, in Contemporary South Asia , Vol. 15, No. 1 (March 2006): 96-97.

Reviewed by Shankari Sundararaman, in South Asian Survey, Vol. 13, No. 1 (March 2006): 190-195.

Reviewed by Geoffrey C. Gunn, in Journal of Contemporary Asia , Vol. 36, No. 1 (March 2006): 126-127.

Reviewed by Jacques Leider, in Aséanie (Bangkok), No. 15 (June 2005): 177-181 (in French).

Reviewed by M.S. Prabhakara in India Seminar, # 550, June 2005.

Reviewed by François Guilbert, in La Revue Internationale & Stratégique, No. 55 , (2004/3): 126-128 (in French).

Reviewed by Kripa Sridharan in Contemporary Southeast Asia, Vol. 26, No. 2 (August 2004): 383-386.

Reviewed by Satya Sivaraman in The Irrawaddy (Chiang Mai), Volume 12, Issue 2, February 2004.

Peer-reviewed Journal Articles

2011. "A Passage to Burma? India, Development, and Democratization in Myanmar”, Contemporary Politics, Vol. 17, No. 4 (December 2011): 467-486.
2011. “Burmese Indians in Contemporary Burma: Heritage, Influence, and Perceptions since 1988”, Asian Ethnicity, Vol. 12, No. 1 (February 2011): 33-54.
2010. “Intra-European Bargaining and the 'Tower of Babel' EU Approach to the Burmese Conundrum”, East Asia, Vol. 27, No. 1 (March 2010): 15-33.
2008. “India’s Ambitions in Burma: More Frustration than Success?”, Asian Survey, Vol. 48, No. 6 (November-December 2008): 936-957.
2008. “India and China Vying for Influence in Burma: A New Assessment”, India Review, Vol. 7, No. 1 (January-March 2008): 38-72.
2004. “Birmanie : la transition démocratique selon la junte”, Critique Internationale, No. 24 (Juillet 2004): 39-47.

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Book Chapters

2010. "India's Unquenched Ambitions in Burma", in Dittmer, Lowell (ed.), Burma or Myanmar? The Struggle for National Identity, Singapore: World Scientific: 295-325.
2010. (co-authored with David Camroux), "Normative Europe meets the Burmese Garrison State: Processes, Policies, Blockages, and Future Possibilities", in Cheesman, N., & Skidmore, T. & Wilson, T., eds., Ruling Myanmar: From Cyclone Nargis to National Elections, Singapore: ISEAS Publications, 2010, 267-293.
2010. "The Burma Factor in India-China Economic Relations", in Das, G. & Thomas, C.J. (eds.), India-China: Trade and Strategy for Frontier Development, New Delhi: Bookwell Publications, 269-287.
2010. "Beyond (mis)perceptions: New Options for India in face of the China-Burma Partnership", in Li Chengyan & Hofmeister W. (eds.), Myanmar: Prospects for Change, Singapore: Select Publishing, 299-316.
2009. "Burma's Militias, between Insurgency and Maintening Order", in Gayer L. & Jaffrelot C. (eds.), Armed Militias of South Asia: Fundamentalists, Maoists, and Separatists, London: CERI-Hurst, 113-134.
2008. "India-Myanmar Relations: Courting the Junta?", in Rao, P.V. (ed.), India and ASEAN – Partners in Summit, New Delhi: KW Publishers, 351-364.
2008. "La Birmanie entre l’Inde et la Chine: évolution d’une lutte d’influence régionale”, in Defert, Gabriel (ed.), Birmanie Contemporaine, Paris: IRASEC & Les Indes Savantes, 313-342.
2008. "Les milices de Birmanie, entre insurrections et maintien de l’ordre", in Jaffrelot, C. & Gayer, L. (eds.), Milices armées d’Asie du Sud – Privatisation de la violence et implication des Etats, Paris: Presses de Sciences Po, 122-149.

Working Papers (peer-reviewed)

2008. (with Larry Jagan), Back to the Old Habits: Isolationism or the self-preservation of Burma’s military regime, Bangkok: IRASEC Occasional Paper No. 7, December 2008.

2007. L'analyse de la "rivalité" dans les relations internationales : le cas de l'Inde et de la Chine, CERI-Sciences Po Paris: Question de Recherche No. 23, December 2007.

2006. Instability at the Gate: India's Troubled Northeast and its External Connections, New Delhi: CSH Occasional Paper No. 16, January 2006.

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Reviewed by Fiasta T. Diengdoh, in Man and Society - A Journal of North East Studies (Shillong), Volume III (Spring 2006): 158-162.

2005. Birmanie : l'Armée referme le jeu politique, Paris: Etudes du CERI, No. 114, March 2005.

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Book Reviews

2006. “Book Review: Delachet-Guillon, Claude, Birmanie, Côté Femmes, Genève: Olizane, 2002”, Asian Journal of Social Science, Vol. 34, No. 1 (March 2006): 184-188.

Encyclopaedia Entries

2011. “Birmanie: ‘Birmanisation’”, in Medeiros, Joao (ed.), Le Mondial des Nations, Paris: Editions Choiseul, 260-282.
2010. “Birmanie”, in Landy, Frédéric, ed., Dictionnaire de l'Inde contemporaine, Paris: Armand Colin, 86-87.
2009. “Burma/Myanmar Chronological Index of Mass Violence, 1930-2007" , Online Encyclopedia of Mass Violence, Paris: CERI, October 19, 2009.
2009. “The Repression of the August 8-12, 1988 (8-8-88) Uprising in Burma/Myanmar" , Online Encyclopedia of Mass Violence, Paris: CERI, February 25, 2009.
2008. “Myanmar (Birmanie): la junte face à la 'révolution safran' et au cyclone Nargis”, Encyclopédie de l’Etat du Monde 2009, Paris: Editions la Découverte, (version CD-Rom).
2008. “Les deux visages politiques du bouddhisme”, L’Etat du Monde 2009, Paris: Editions la Découverte, 165-169.
2007. “Myanmar: stabilité et consolidation du régime”, Encyclopédie de l'Etat du Monde 2008, Paris: Editions la Découverte, (version CD-Rom).
2007. “La Birmanie depuis 1962”, Encyclopédie Universalis, Paris, 2007.
2006. “Myanmar : retour à l’isolement”, Encyclopédie de L’état du Monde 2007, Paris: Editions la Découverte (CD-Rom version).
2005. “Myanmar : la disgrâce de Khin Nyunt", L’état du Monde 2006, Paris: Editions la Découverte, 301-304.
2005. “Birmanie : le retour de la ligne dure", Universalia 2005, Paris: Editions Universalis, March 2005, 155-158.
2004. “Myanmar : gages de bonne volonté démocratique", L’état du Monde 2005, Paris: Editions la Découverte, 306-308.
2003. “Myanmar : la rupture du dialogue", L’état du Monde 2004, Paris: Editions la Découverte, 306-308.

Other Publications (French & English)

2011. “Pourquoi la Birmanie s'éveille” , L'Express, 30 novembre 2011, p 82.
2011. “Birmanie: la démocratie par le haut?” , CERI-Le Kiosque, 29 novembre 2011 (online).
2011. “L’armée birmane fait-elle le printemps?” , Libération, 1er novembre 2011, p. 22.
2011. “Jade or JADE? Debating International Sanctions on Burma’s Gem Industry” , Asia-Pacific Bulletin No. 132, Washington DC: East-West Center, October 13, 2011.
2011. “Global Insider: Myanmar’s Regional Relations”, World Politics Review, May 4, 2011.
2011. “Les bons amis de la junte birmane”, Alternatives Internationales 2011 [Hors-Série No. 8], janvier 2011.
2010. "Birmanie: Ne sublimons pas Aung San Suu Kyi”, , CERI-Le Kiosque, 16 décembre 2010 (online).
2010. "Junte birmane cherche habits civils”, Le Monde Diplomatique, Décembre 2010, p. 12.
2010. "Birmanie: l'épreuve électorale", , CERI-Le Kiosque, 5 novembre 2010 (online).
2010. "It takes Two to Tango: The Delicate Dance between India and Burma" , Asia-Pacific Bulletin No. 66, Washington DC: East-West Center, August 24, 2010.
2009. "Pour changer la Birmanie, la démocratie ne suffira pas" , Libération (Rebonds - Débats), 28 septembre 2009, page 24.
2009. "Pékin et l'épine birmane: la relation entre la Chine et la Birmanie à l'épreuve" , Outre-Terre - Revue française de géopolitique, No. 21 (Janvier 2009): 259-266.
2008. "Birmanie: pourquoi rien ne change", Alternatives Internationales, Hors-Série No. 06 (Décembre 2008): 80-81.
2008. “The Rohingya Identity Struggle”, Jane’s Islamic Affairs Analyst, September 11, 2008.
2008. “Birmanie: la junte impavide” , Le Monde [Tribune – Débats], 17 mai 2008, page 20.
2008. “Militant Mire: Battling Insurgency in Northeast India”, Jane’s Intelligence Review, Vol. 20, No. 2 (February 2008): 18-23.
2007. “Birmanie: pas de révolution safran”, Le Monde Diplomatique, Novembre 2007, page 19.
2007. “Les raisons de l’indophobie des Birmans” , Focus Asie du Sud-Est, Vol. 2, No. 11 (Novembre 2007): 20-21.
2007. “Birmanie: des bonzes en politique” , Alternatives Internationales, 11 octobre 2007.
2007. “Quelle transition en Birmanie ?” , Le Monde [Tribune – Débats], 29 septembre 2007, p. 21.
2003. “India-Myanmar Relations since the Phnom Penh Summit (2002): Courting the Junta ?”, Indian Ocean Digest, Vol. 18, No. 35 & 36 (January-December 2003): 88-101.
2003. "India courts a junta", Asia Times (Hong Kong), September 20, 2003 (on line).