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Jaideep Chanda
Jaideep Chanda was Senior Fellow (August 2019 - July 2020) with the Vivekananda International Foundation and specialises in terrorism, insurgency in the North East, India-Myanmar relations and National Security Studies. In the past he has worked on gender studies in peacekeeping and mental health management in the armed forces. He is an M. Phil in Defence and Strategic Studies from Panjab University.

Jaideep Chanda was Senior Fellow (August 2019 - July 2020) with the Vivekananda International Foundation and specialises in terrorism, insurgency in the North East, India-Myanmar relations and National Security Studies. In the past he has worked on gender studies in peacekeeping and mental health management in the armed forces. He is an M. Phil in Defence and Strategic Studies from Panjab University.

Contributions 
Myanmar Round Up: March 2020
April 17, 2020 Dr Cchavi Vasisht, Research Associate, VIF
A round up of selected English open source reports on Myanmar March 2020 touched new ground in violence with the Arakan Army (AA) scoring major successes against the Tatmadaw with the routing of a Light Infantry Battalion and the c...

Tags: Neighbourhood Studies, Myanmar, Article, AA and Tatmadaw fighting March 2020, Capture of Battalion Commander 7 LIB, 7 Light Infantry Battalion, Constitutional amendments
Myanmar Round Up: March 2020
April 17, 2020 Dr Cchavi Vasisht, Research Associate, VIF
A round up of selected English open source reports on Myanmar March 2020 touched new ground in violence with the Arakan Army (AA) scoring major successes against the Tatmadaw with the routing of a Light Infantry Battalion and the c...

Tags: Neighbourhood Studies, Myanmar, Article, AA and Tatmadaw fighting March 2020, Capture of Battalion Commander 7 LIB, 7 Light Infantry Battalion, Constitutional amendments
Armed Forces in Aid to Civilian Authorities in COVID-19 environment
April 14, 2020 Jaideep Chanda
COVID-19 has tested healthcare and associated infrastructure of nations like nothing else before. There are precedents e.g. the Spanish Flu, but none on the scale of COVID-19. Under such a catastrophic environment, the role of the Armed Forces in ass...

Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence, Article, Army, Indian Navy, CDS, COVID-19, Quarantine, IAF, Force preservation, Assistance Civil authorities, logistics
ततमादॉ दिवस 27 मार्च 2020: विश्वसनीय और प्रासंगिक बने रहने के लिए क्या करें म्यांमार की सशस्त्र सेनाएं
April 07, 2020 Jaideep Chanda
ततमादॉ यानी म्यांमार की सशस्त्र सेनाएं 27 मार्च 2020 को यानी आज अपना 75वां स्थापना दिवस मना रही हैं। �...

Tags: Neighbourhood Studies, Myanmar, Hindi, Article, म्यांमार, Tatmadaw Day 27 March 2020, Tatmadaw Diamond Jubilee, Myanmar Armed Forces credibility and relevance, म्यांमार की सशस्त्र सेनाएं, ततमादॉ
Myanmar Round Up: February 2020
April 02, 2020 Jaideep Chanda
A round up of selected English open source reports on Myanmar The Presidential visit by President U Win Myint to India was the major highlight of India Myanmar relationsfor February 2020. Sadly, violence dominated February 2020 in ...

Tags: Neighbourhood Studies, Myanmar, Article, Myanmar, Coronavirus, Presidential Visit, President U Win Myint, Rakhine Conflict, Internally Displaced Persons, Food Shortages, Peace talks with AA, Kachin Independence Army
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VIF Papers 
Counterproductive Effects of Sanctions - The Myanmar Case Study
October 28, 2019 Jaideep Chanda
This paper attempts to analyse the trend of certain Western countries and the United Nations (UN) to impose or recommend imposition of sanctions on other countries, using Myanmar as a case study. Presently, certain bans have already been imposed or ...

Tags: Neighbourhood Studies, Myanmar, Rohingya crisis, Myanmar sanctions, India-Myanmar ties
Book Published / Book Reviews 
Irrawaddy Imperatives: Reviewing India’s Myanmar Strategy
August 31, 2021 Jaideep Chanda
Myanmar, the Golden Land, has for ages been the last frontier, steeped in mysticism and mystery. However, knowledge about Myanmar remains woefully inadequate in most spheres including Indian academia, media and in some cases, even foreign policy. The...

Tags: Neighbourhood Studies, Myanmar, ASEAN, Book Published, Northeast, Irrawaddy, India’s Myanmar strategy, Irrawaddy Imperatives
‘War and Peace in the Borderlands of Myanmar – The Kachin Ceasefire, 1994-2011’, Edited by Mandy Sadan, Nordic Institute of Asian Studies Press, Copenhagen, Pages 517, Price $ 22.15, ISBN: 978-87-7694-18-8(hbk), 2016
August 02, 2019 Jaideep Chanda
This book edited by Mandy Sadan, Reader of History of South East Asia at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, focuses on the ‘inter-war period’ (to borrow a terminology associated with conventional war), in tha...

Tags: Neighbourhood Studies, Myanmar, South East Asia, Book Reviews, Cultural Intimacies
Event Reports 
Geopolitical Dynamics of the Post COVID-19 World
June 03, 2020 Jaideep Chanda
Vivekananda International Foundation held an online discussion on ‘Geopolitical Dynamics of the Post Covid-19 World’ on 29 May 2020. The discussion was moderated by Dr. Arvind Gupta, Director VIF and the panellists included Lt. Gen. Ata Ha...

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy, Interaction, China, SCO, BRICS, Post COVID-19, New World Order, Vaccine politics, RIC
VIF Delegation Visit to Myanmar
January 02, 2020 Jaideep Chanda
A delegation from VIF led by Dr. Arvind Gupta, Director and comprising of Lt Gen (Retd) Ravi Sawhney, Amb (Retd) Gautam Mukhopadhaya, Dr Sreeradha Datta and Col Jaideep Chanda visited Myanmar from 9 – 12 December 2019. The delegation interacted...

Tags: Conference, Neighbourhood Studies, Myanmar, Visit to Myanmar, MISS, Rohingya, UEHRD, Human Rights Commission, Foreign Affairs, MIPS
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