South Asia in the world problem solving perspectives on security, sustainable development, and good governance / edited by Ramesh thakur and Oddny Wiggen.
Presents issues of particular relevance to the region, and explores the potential for improvement both in domestic and international efforts at alleviating the problems of South Asia.
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Table of Contents:
- Foreword: Mutual interest-the United Nations and South Asia / Lloyd Axworthy
- Introduction: South Asia's manifold challenge to the international community / Ramesh Thakur and Oddny Wiggen
- South Asia in the family of nations / Inder Kumer Gujral
- South Asia: Melting pot of global faultlines / Sartaj Aziz
- Nuclear weapons and nuclear war in South Asia: The unknown future / Stephen P. Cohen
- International security in a nuclear South Asia / Christophe Carle
- National security: Inter-state conflict in South Asia (a Nepali perspective) / Lok Raj Baral
- Terrorism and political agitation in post-colonial South Asia: Jammu-Kashmir and Sri Lanka / Kingsley de Silva
- South Asian contributions to United Nations peacekeeping operations: Particular reference to India's participation / Satish Nambiar
- The United Nations and South Asia: Bangladesh's contribution to UN peacekeeping / Syed Roomy
- Pro-poor policies in South Asia / Hafiz Pasha
- Trade and investment in South Asia / Farooq Sobhan and Riffat Zaman
- Democratic governance in South Asia: Problems and prospects / Gautam Adhikari
- Pluralism, democracy and governance and South Asia: The case of Sri Lanka / Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu.
- Critical links between environment and development in South Asia / Adeel Zafar and Awais Piracha
- The environmental challenge to human security in South Asia / Adil Najam
- Diffusion of international peace? International rivers and bilateral relations in South Asia / Ashok Swain
- A Security Organisation for South Asia: Mechanism for conflict resolution in South Asia / Niaz A. Naik
- SAARC as an institutional framework for cooperation in South Asia / Nihal Rodrigo
- Human security: The perspective of children and women in South Asia / Manzoor Ahmed
- Child malnutrition and gender discrimination in South Asia: Is the worst malnutrition linked to the worst gender discrimination in the world? / Santosh Mehrotra
- "Hum honge kamiyab ... (We shall overcome ...)": Non-government organizations, the state and human security in India / Rekha Datta
- Post-Taliban Afghanistan and South Asian security / Samina Ahmed
- South-west Asia after the Taliban / Mohammed Ayoob
- The changing geopolitics of Central, West and South Asia after 11 September / Amin Saikal
- Pakistan and India: The way forward / Samina Yasmeen
- India-Pakistan relations: Ways forward / Gopalaswami Parthasarathy.