Contents: Introduction/Dev Raj Dahal and Nishchal Nath Pandey. 1. Trade liberalization and human security in South Asia/Indra Nath Mukherji. 2. Environmental security in South Asia: dimensions, issues and problems/B.C. Upreti. 3. Major powers and South Asia/C.V. Ranganathan. 4. Comprehensive security in South Asia: a view from Bangladesh/Farooq Sobhan. 5. Comprehensive security in South Asia: a Pakistani perspective/Ghani Jafar. 6. Bangladesh-India relations: recent trend/Mohammad Humayun Kabir. 7. Indo-Lanka relations: recent trends/Jehan Perera. 8. Indo-Pakistan relations: latest trends/Najam Rafique. 9. Media-state relations in South Asia: a general overview with particular reference to India/Narayani Ganesh. 10. Religious conflicts in South Asia: their impact on security/Pervaiz Iqbal Cheema. 11. Military confidence building measures in the India-Pakistan context/Satish Nambiar. 12. Intra-state armed conflict in South Asia: impact on regional security/Suba Chandran. 13. Indo-Bhutan relations: recent trends/Tashi Choden. 14. Security and governance in South Asia/Jaya Rai Acharya. 15. Comprehensive security in South Asia: problems and prospects/Mohan Lohani. 16. China in South Asia: an emerging dynamic/M.R. Josse. 17. Refugees in South Asia and impact on regional security/Nishchal Nath Pandey. 18. Indo-Nepal Relations: future prospects/Prakash A. Raj.
"It was presumed that after the collapse of the Soviet Union and the subsequent end of the Cold War; conflicts and discords would cease in the international arena and a new era of peace, stability and prosperity would begin. However, the last decade has witnessed an unprecedented rise in inter and intra-state conflicts and a phenomenal growth in violence centering around ethnicity, religion and separatism. Moreover, crisis stemming from refugee flows, malgovernance, economic downturn, environmental degradation, etc., has posed additional problems in safeguarding human freedom and security. In this insightful volume, eighteen well known South Asian authors dwell on a range of issues disturbing state security, bilateral relations and regional harmony in South Asia and suggest a range of propositions for a subcontinent free from tension and hostility." (jacket)
