The Rohingya Crisis and the Regional Security Challenges

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1. Introduction
2. Theoretical Framework
3. Regional Security Concerns of the Rohingya Crisis
4. Security Actors of the South Asian Region and Beyond
5.The Dilemmas of Securitization
6. Conclusion

The Rohingya Crisis and the Regional Security Challenges

Author: Sheikh Masud Ahmed

DOI Link: https://www.doi.org/10.56888/BIISSj2023v42nS1a1

ABSTRACT

The Rohingya crisis is emerging as a security concern especially for the countries of South and Southeast Asian region. The ethnic conflicts in Myanmar and uncertainty of the estimated 1.1 million Rohingya exodus in Bangladesh may lead the region towards many transnational security threats. These inclu.de the rise of radicalization, arms and drug trafficking, and environmental threats, which may enhance tensions among the countries and generate challenges for cooperation and development activities within the region. This paper finds that the key regional actors are not concentrating enough to recognize the Rohingya crisis as a major security issue; rather, they are focusing more on the strategic competition in the region. The study proposes that recognizing the issue as a regional security concern, the regional countries need to adopt emergency measures as the securitization process suggests.

BANGLADESH INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AND STRATEGIC STUDIES

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