Seminars and Talks (since 2003)

 

Individual Conferences & Talks

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• "The Burmese Stakes: Burma between an Emerging India and a Rising China", Institute of Graduate International Studies & Asia Society, Geneva, Switzerland, July 4, 2007.

• "An Overpriced Relationship ? India’s Relations with Burma/Myanmar", Centre for Southeast Asian Studies, University of Calcutta, Calcutta (Kolkata), India, May 8th, 2007.

• "L’Inde, la Chine et l’enjeu birman : la rivalité sino-indienne en Birmanie et ses limites depuis 1988", PhD Dissertation Oral Defence, Centre for International Studies and Research (CERI - Sciences Po), Paris, France, December 4th, 2006.

• "Caught in Rivalry ? Burma between India and China", Southeast Asian Studies Department, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand (November 9th, 2005 invitation card ).

• Series of Lectures (in French), at the Alliance Française de Rangoun, Yangon, Burma (Myanmar), (October 19-20, 2005) :
  • "Comprendre les Relations Internationales", October 19, 2005
  • "La Birmanie et ses Voisins", October 20, 2005.

• "India's New Myanmar Policy - Towards a Valuable Partnership ?", at the Institute of South East Asian Studies (ISEAS), Singapore (September 13, 2005).

• "Burma's Political Transition : Implications for India", at the India International Centre, New Delhi, India (March 21, 2005). Discussant : Amb. I.P. Khosla.
  • Article by Mizzima News Groups, March 23, 2005.
• Series of Lectures on "India-Myanmar Relations", at the School of Social Sciences, Manipur University (picture), Imphal, India (March 14-19, 2005) :
  • "India's Myanmar Policy", History Department, March 14, 2005
  • "The Strategic Interest of Myanmar for India", Political Science Department, March 15, 2005.
  • "The new Economic Partnership between India and Myanmar", Economics Department, March 17, 2005.
  • "Opening up the Northeast to Myanmar : viability of the road projects", Commerce Department, March 19, 2005.
• "Looking East : India's New Burma Policy", at the Institute of Strategic Studies, Islamabad, Pakistan (September 2nd, 2004).

• "China's Burma Policy : Implications for India", at the Centre for Research on Contemporary China (CEFC), Hong Kong S.A.R, China (July 29, 2004).
  • Review by the CEFC, Hong Kong, China, August 2004
• "La Birmanie entre Inde et Chine", at the Centre for International Studies and Research (CERI - Sciences Po), Paris, France (June 17, 2004).

• "India's Northeast : Gateway or Boundary with Myanmar ?", at the invitation of the Centre for Northeast India, South and South East Asia Studies (CENISEAS), Brahmaputra Hotel, Guwahati, India (May 26, 2004).
  • Review in The Assam Tribune, Guwahati, India, May 27, 2004.
  • Review in Mizzima News, New Delhi, India, May 27, 2004.
• "India’s New Burma Policy : the China Factor", at the Alliance Française, Bangkok, Thailand (November 26, 2003).
• Review in The Nation, Bangkok, Thailand, November 28, 2003.

• "The Burma Policy of India – Problems and Prospects", at the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India (October 14, 2003).

• "India and Burma/Myanmar Relations : from Idealism to Realism", at the India International Center, New Delhi, India (September 11, 2003).
  • Paper available in PDF (English Version)
  • Review in the Financial Express, New Delhi, India, September 15, 2003.

 

International Seminars & Colloques

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• "Separatism in Burma/Myanmar: Old Issues, New Challenges", at the international symposium on State Secession and Separatism in Europe and Asia, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China, December 9, 2009.

• "A Rivalry? Think twice. New Perspectives on the Sino-Indian Equation in Burma", at the ICWA-AAS International Conference on "Emerging China", Sapru House, New Delhi, India (November 21-23, 2009)

• "Normative Europe Meet the Burmese Garrison State: Policies, Processes, Blockages...and Future Possibilities", co-presented with Pr. David Camroux (CERI, Paris) at the 2009 Burma/Myanmar Update Conference, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia(August 17-18, 2009)
  • See conference 2-day programme
• "Beyond (mis)perceptions: New Options for India in front of the China-Burma strategic partnership", at the International Symposium on "New Challenges for International Relations in Southeast Asia", Yunnan University, Kunming, China (July 19-21, 2009)
• "India and China in Southeast Asia: A Comparative Analysis of their Ambitions, Strategies...and Setbacks", at the Centre of Asian Studies, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China (Feburary, 12, 2009)
  • See online abstract at CAS website

• "Les acteurs français en Birmanie - Expériences de chercheurs, diplomates et humanitaires", at Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches Internationales (CERI-Sciences Po), Paris, France (December 2, 2008)
• "Intra-European Bargaining and the EU Approach to the Burmese Conundrum", at the EU-Nesca International Conference on EU-Asia Relations, Brussels, Belgium (November 26-27, 2008)
  • See on-line abstract by East Asia (An International Quarterly) Vol. 27, 2009
• "India's Burma Policy in Question", at the International Burma Studies Conference (BSC 2008), Northern Illinois University, De Kalb, Illinois, USA (October 3-5, 2008)
  • See abstract of the paper presented on October 4.
• "La crise birmane", Round Table organized by the Institut Prospective et Sécurité en Europe (IPSE), Paris, France, November 22, 2007.

• "Burma between India and China : implications on its foreign policy", at the Workshop for a Sustainable Solution for Burma's Crisis and Regional Cooperation, India International Centre (IIC), New Delhi, India (March 31st, 2006).

• "Beyond the Spook - Objectivity, Sensitivity and Publicity of a research on Military Burma and India's Northeast", at the Workshop forYoung French Researchers on India (AJEI) on Sharing Data, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India (March 1-4, 2005).
  • In French : www.ajei.org/fr/evenements/ajcssindia/2005/ajcss0501.htm
• "India-Burma New Economic Cooperation", at the International Seminar on "India-Burma Relations : Strengthening Civil Society Initiatives", at India International Center, New Delhi, India (September 16-17, 2004).
  • Review in Hindustan Times, New Delhi, India, September 18, 2004

• "The Northeast and India's New Burma Policy", at the International Seminar on "Transnationalism and a New Asia", Centre for Northeast, South and Southeast Asia Studies (CENISEAS), Guwahati, India (September 10-11, 2004) - Picture Inaugural Session.

• "Forbidden Lands - Fieldworks along Burma Borders", at the Young Indo-French Researchers Seminar (AJEI) on Fieldworks Practices in South Asia, University of Pune, Pune, India (March 6-7, 2004).
  • In French : www.ajei.org/fr/evenements/ajcssindia/2004/ajcss04prog.htm
• "The NDA’s Burmese Policy : Towards a Strategic Relationship with Myanmar", at the International Seminar on "The NDA’s Foreign Policy", Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India (July 29-30, 2003).
  • Published in Dipankar Sengupta (Ed.), The NDA's Foreign Policy, New Delhi (forthcoming 2005).
• "India-Burma/Myanmar Relations since the Phnom Penh Summit (November 2002) : Courting the Junta ?", at the International Seminar on "India and ASEAN : Post Summit Perspectives", Osmania University, Hyderabad, India (July 3-5, 2003).
  • Published in Indian Ocean Digest, Special Issue on India-ASEAN, Volume 18, Issues 35 & 36, pp 88-101, Hyderabad, India, Jan-Dec 2003.

 

Interviews

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Regular interviews given in the media (in French and English):

• BBC World News, BBC Burmese, Democratic Voice of Burma, Radio Free Asia, The Nation-TV (Bangkok), North-East Television (Guwahati, India),

• France 3, M6, I-Télé (Canal Plus), BFM-TV, France 24, AFP-TV,

• Radio France Internationale (RFI), France Culture, France Inter, France Infos, RTL, Radio Orient, Radio Alger,

• Le Monde, Le Figaro, Libération, Les Echos, L’Express, Le Point, L’Orient-Le Jour (Lebanon), Le Soir (Belgique),

• Asia Times, Tehelka,