{"id":1547,"date":"2026-08-09T19:12:06","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:42:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/why-do-ethnic-conflicts-and-insurgencies-continue-to-remain-major-upsc-psir-2023-4306\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T21:25:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:55:24","slug":"why-do-ethnic-conflicts-and-insurgencies-continue-to-remain-major-upsc-psir-2023-4306","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/why-do-ethnic-conflicts-and-insurgencies-continue-to-remain-major-upsc-psir-2023-4306\/","title":{"rendered":"Why do ethnic conflicts and insurgencies continue to remain major impediments to regional co-operation in South Asia?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pq-flow\">\n<div class=\"pq-flow-h\">Flow snapshot <em>\u2014 how the answer moves<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p1\"><span>Intro routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> no ethnic conflict in South Asia stays domestic <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> communities straddle the 1947 and 1971 lines <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> grievance against own state becomes charge against neighbour<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> post-colonial state as colonial state with new rulers <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> centralisation regardless of identity <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> insurgencies invoking historical homelands<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p><b class=\"pq-sc\">Mallick<\/b>, administrative straitjacket <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Baloch \/ Chakma \/ Naga \/ Tamil insurgencies, homeland claims <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> working links cut first <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Pakistan\u2019s Afghan crossings shut since Oct 2025 over the TTP <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Central Asian transit stops with it <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Kaladan and Trilateral Highway stalled inside Myanmar, June 2026 <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> SAARC charter bars bilateral questions + consensus rule<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p><b class=\"pq-sc\">Ghoshal<\/b>, dormancy to militancy turns on state capacity <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Manipur\u2019s first Kuki-Zo talks, March 2026 <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> block is political, not permanent<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> cooperation stays hostage until accommodation is treated as a security interest<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> the border cuts through the community, so the ethnic question is regional by structure \u2014 no state settles its minority alone<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[34],"pyq_marks":[38],"pyq_topic":[83],"pyq_paper":[69],"class_list":["post-1547","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-34","pyq_marks-10-marks","pyq_topic-india-and-south-asia","pyq_paper-paper-2"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/psir_pyq"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1547\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4959,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1547\/revisions\/4959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1547"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1547"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1547"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}