South Asia in the World: Problem Solving Perspectives on Security, Sustainable Development, and Good Governance

Table of contents

• South Asia in the World *
• Title Page *
• Contents v
• Acknowledgements ix
• Contributors x
• Figures xvii
• Tables xviii
• Abbreviations xx
• Foreword: Mutual Interest – the United Nations and South Asia xxii
• Note xxiv
• 1 - Introduction: South Asia's Manifold Challenge to the International Community 1
• Notes *
• References 18
• Part I - Overviews 19
• 2 - South Asia and the World 21
• Reference *
• 3 - South Asia: Melting Pot of Global Faultlines 27
• References *
• Part II - Security 37
• 4 - Nuclear Weapons and Nuclear War in South Asia: Unknowable Futures 39
• Notes *
• References *
• 5 - International Security in a Nuclear South Asia 58
• References *
• 6 - National Security: Inter-State Conflict in South Asia (a Nepali Perspective) 67
• Notes *
• References *
• 7 - Terrorism and Political Agitation in Post-Colonial South Asia: Jammu-Kashmir and Sri Lanka 84
• Notes *
• References *
• 8 - South Asian Contributions to United Nations Peacekeeping Operations, with Particular Reference to India's Participation 104
• 9 - The United Nations and South Asia: Bangladesh's Contribution to UN Peacekeeping 115
• References 128
• Part III - Development 129
• 10 - Pro-Poor Policies in South Asia 131
• 11 - Trade and Investment in South Asia 145
• References *
• Part IV - Governance 171
• 12 - Democratic Governance in South Asia: Problems and Prospects 173
• Reference *
• 13 - Pluralism, Democracy and Governance and South Asia: the Case of Sri Lanka 185
• Notes *
• References *
• Part V - Environment 203
• 14 - Critical Links Between Environment and Development in South Asia 205
• Notes *
• References 223
• 15 - The Environmental Challenge to Human Security in South Asia 225
• Note *
• References *
• 16 - Diffusion of Environmental Peace? International Rivers and Bilateral Relations in South Asia 248
• Notes *
• References *
• Part VI - Regional Cooperation 267
• 17 - A Security Organization for South Asia: Mechanism for Conflict Resolution in South Asia 269
• 18 - Saarc as an Institutional Framework for Cooperation in South Asia 279
• Notes *
• Part VII - Human Security 293
• 19 - Human Security: the Perspective of Children and Women in South Asia 295
• References *
• 20 - Child Malnutrition and Gender Discrimination in South Asia: is the Worst Malnutrition Linked to the Worst Gender Discrimination in the World? 315
• Notes *
• References *
• 21 - Hum Honge Kamiyab [we Shall Overcome ]: Non-Governmental Organizations, the State and Human Security in India 335
• Notes *
• References *
• Part VIII - 9/11, Afghanistan and South Asia 355
• 22 - Post-Taliban Afghanistan and South Asian Security 357
• Notes *
• References *
• 23 - South-West Asia After the Taliban 373
• Notes 391
• References *
• 24 - The Changing Geopolitics of Central, West and South Asia After 11 September 395
• Notes *
• References *
• Part IX - Towards a Brighter Future 411
• 25 - Pakistan and India: the Way Forward 413
• Notes *
• References 428
• 26 - India–pakistan Relations: Ways Forward 429
• Notes *
• References *
• Index 441

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