South Asia in the World: Problem-Solving Perspectives on Security, Sustainable Development, and Good Governance (Population Studies)

Preliminaries......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
Acknowledgements......Page 10
1 Introduction South Asia’s manifold challenge to the international community......Page 26
2 South Asia in the family of nations......Page 46
3 South Asia Melting pot of global faultlines......Page 52
4 Nuclear weapons and nuclear war in South Asia Unknowable Futures......Page 64
5 International security in a nuclear South Asia......Page 83
6 National security Inter state conflict in South Asia  a Nepali perspective......Page 92
7 Terrorism and political agitation in post colonial South Asia Jammu Kashmir and Sri Lanka......Page 109
8 South Asian contributions to United Nations peacekeeping operations with particular reference to India’s participation......Page 129
9 The United Nations and South Asia Bangladesh’s contribution to UN peacekeeping......Page 140
10 Pro poor policies in South Asia......Page 156
11 Trade and investment in South Asia......Page 170
12 Democratic governance in South Asia Problems and prospects......Page 198
13 Pluralism democracy and governance and South Asia The case of Sri Lanka......Page 210
14 Critical links between environment and development in South Asia......Page 230
15 The environmental challenge to human security in South Asia......Page 250
16 Diffusion of environmental peace International rivers and bilateral relations in South Asia......Page 273
17 A Security Organization for South Asia Mechanism for conflict resolution in South Asia......Page 294
18 SAARC as an institutional framework for cooperation in South Asia......Page 304
19 Human security The perspective of children and women in South Asia......Page 320
20 Child malnutrition and gender discrimination in South Asia Is the worst malnutrition linked to the worst gender discrimination in the world......Page 340
21  Hum honge kamiyab     We shall overcome    Non governmental organizations the state and human security in India......Page 360
22 Post Taliban Afghanistan and South Asian security......Page 382
23 South West Asia after the Taliban......Page 398
24 The changing geopolitics of Central West and South Asia after 11 September......Page 420
25 Pakistan and India The way forward......Page 438
26 India Pakistan relations Ways forward......Page 454
Index......Page 466