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Drug Trafficking and Narco-terrorism as Security Threats: A Study of India’s North-east

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  • Ningthoujam Koiremba Singh

    (Ningthoujam Koiremba Singh is at the Department of Political Science, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara, Gujarat, India. koirembasingh@yahoo.com)

  • William Nunes

    (William Nunes is Assistant Professor, Political Science, at the Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India. wnunes@gnlu.ac.in)

Abstract

Security issues in international relations, particularly during the era of the Cold War, were and had been dominated by the realist paradigm which saw the preservation of the state from external threat. Such a conception of security provided a very myopic and narrow understanding of the security problem of states, particularly smaller states. During the past decade, attempts are being made to broaden the security agenda to include not only military but also other sectors: political, economic, societal and ecological. Furthermore, with globalisation and the opening up of the economy has provided scope for cross-border migration and also illicit trade, especially narcotics, terrorism and a dangerous mix of both: narco-terrorism. This article will throw a light on the non-traditional security threats problem and issues of illicit drug trafficking and narco-terrorism in North-east India particularly in the case of Manipur.

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  • Ningthoujam Koiremba Singh & William Nunes, 2013. "Drug Trafficking and Narco-terrorism as Security Threats: A Study of India’s North-east," India Quarterly: A Journal of International Affairs, , vol. 69(1), pages 65-82, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:indqtr:v:69:y:2013:i:1:p:65-82
    DOI: 10.1177/0974928412472106
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