In the large body of literature on the granting of regional autonomy to end insurgency, an important related question has received little attention: what happens to other ethnic groups within the autonomous region? The new arrangement may end violence between the state and the guerrillas but will the latter simply turn their guns on other groups in the area? This article begins to fill this gap in the literature through a close examination of two mass killings conducted by rebels awarded an autonomous region in western Assam, Northeast India. Why would these militants—having won such far-reaching political and economic rewards after a decade of civil war—continue violence and risk these hard-won gains? I propose that violence against other ethnic communities in the new region is more likely in the presence of two main conditions. First, when the community receiving autonomy is a minority in the new region, and second, when only one militant faction is awarded power.
自治地区中依然存在的叛军暴力行为：印度东北部的阿萨姆
关键词: 地区自治，叛乱，大规模屠杀，后冲突时期暴力，阿萨姆
在研究准许地方自治以期终结叛乱的大量文献中，一个相关的重要问题几乎没有受到任何关注，即: 自治地区的其它少数民族族群身上发生了什么？自治的新安排可能会终止政府和游击队之间的暴力，但后者是不是仅仅将枪口调转对准了这个地区的其它族群群体？本论文初步弥补了文献中的这个不足，切近考察了印度东北阿萨姆西部获准取得自治地区地位的叛军实施的两次大型杀戮行动。为什么这些武装分子在经历十年内战并已经取得如此深远的政治和经济回报后还坚持暴力行为，甘愿将其勉力获得的成果置于危险境地？我提出，新自治地区针对其他少数族群社区的暴力行为在两个主要条件存在的前提下更可能发生。首先，接受自治的族群社区在新自治区属于少数族群；其次，只有一个武装派别取得了权力。
Translated from English by Li Guo
Chris Wilson