POWER, TERRITORIALITY AND CROSS-BORDER INSECURITY: REGIME SECURITY AS AN ASPECT OF BURMA'S REFUGEE CRISIS

In: Geopolitics and international boundaries, Band 2, Heft 2, S. 70-115

Abstract

AT THE TIME OF WRITING THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 120,000 REFUGEES FROM BURMA ALONG THE BORDER WITH THAILAND, MOSTLY ON THE THAI SIDE. THE AUTHORS FOCUS ON SOME OF THE CRITICAL SECURITY ISSUES UNDERLYING THE REFUGEE CRISIS, PARTICULARLY IN RELATION TO THE ON-GOING STATE-SOCIETAL AND ETHNO-TERRITORIAL CONFLICTS. CENTRAL TO AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE RECENT REFUGEE PROBLEMS IS A CONSIDERATION OF HOW THE BURMESE MILITARY REGIMES SECURITY CONCERNS HAVE TERRITORIAL AND ETHNIC DIMENSIONS.