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South Asia's Weak States Understanding the Regional Insecurity Predicament
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South Asia's Weak States
Understanding the Regional Insecurity Predicament
South Asia, which consists of eight states of different sizes and capabilities, is characterized by high levels of insecurity at the inter-state, intra-state, and human level: insecurity that is manifest in both traditional and non-traditional security problems—especially transnational terrorism fuelled by militant religious ideologies.
To explain what has caused and contributed to the perpetual insecurity and human suffering in the region, this book engages scholars of international relations, comparative politics, historical sociology, and economic development, among others, to reveal and analyze the key underlying and proximate drivers. It argues that the problems are driven largely by two critical variables: the presence of weak states and weak cooperative interstate norms.
Based on this analysis and the conclusions drawn, the book recommends specific policies for making the region secure and for developing the long lasting inter- and intra-state cooperative mechanisms necessary for the perpetuation of that security.
"After being preoccupied with great powers for centuries, we are now attempting to come to grips with weak and failed states and their significance to regional politics. By providing a number of perspectives on weaker states in South Asia, this volume contributes to our improved understanding."—William R. Thompson, Donald A. Rogers Professor of Political Science, Indiana University
"Most discussions of South Asia focus on the region's growing strength and promise. This volume performs a valuable service in tempering that optimism. It reminds us that, despite important advances, South Asia remains plagued by insecurity, from the state to the human level. In doing so, the volume makes a useful contribution to regional as well as to broader literatures, drawing lessons that can apply to weak states elsewhere in the world."—S. Paul Kapur, U.S. Naval Postgraduate School
T. V. Paul is Director of the McGill University/Université de Montreal Centre for International Peace and Security Studies (CIPSS) and James McGill Professor of International Relations in the Department of Political Science at McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
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Armed Conflicts in South Asia 2008: Growing Violence
This book examines the major armed conflicts in South Asia — in India (with special reference to the Northeast, Jammu & Kashmir and the Naxalites), Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Afghanistan. Designed as an annual series, the articles cover a set of issues across volumes. Each article provides a brief historical sketch of the emergence of armed conflict and outlines its various phases. The roles, objectives and strategies of the major state, non-state and international actors are critically evaluated.
Table of Contents
1. Armed Conflicts in South Asia: An Overview P. R. Chari 2. Afghanistan: Continuing Violence Shanthie Mariet D’Souza 3. Pakistan: The Sectarian Conflict Kanchan Lakshman 4. Pakistan: The War of Tribes D. Suba Chandran 5. J&K: From Militancy to Jihad? Kavita Suri & D. Suba Chandran 6. The Naxal Conflict in India Mallika A. Joseph & Devyani Srivasatava 7. Northeast: Islands of Peace and Ocean of Conflict Bibhu Prasad Routray 8. Bangladesh: Islamic Militancy and the Rise of Religious Right Smruti S. Pattanaik 9. Nepal: State in Dilemma P. G. Rajamohan 10. Sri Lanka: Thumbs Up to Violence: Thumbs Down to Peace N. Manoharan
D. Suba Chandran is Assistant Director, Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, New Delhi. His primary area of research includes Pakistan’s internal security, in particular Balochistan, FATA and Northern Areas. He also works on Kashmir, terrorism, particularly Suicide Terrorism. P. R. Chari is currently Research Professor, Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, New Delhi. He is a former member of the Indian Administrative Service (1960 batch/Madhya Pradesh cadre). He served in several senior positions in the Central and State Governments, and sought voluntary retirement in 1992 after 32 years in the government. He was Director of the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA), New Delhi (1975–80), International Fellow, Centre for International Affairs, Harvard University (1983–84), Visiting Fellow, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (1998), and currently is Research Professor at the Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS).About the Author(s)
Afro-Asian Conflicts: Changing Contours, Costs and Consequences
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Afro-Asian Conflicts: Changing Contours, Costs and Consequences
The issues of conflict and peace are of immense relevance in the post-cold war scenario, which has witnessed an unprecedented rise in violent conflicts locally with global ramifications. Whether it is Asia or Africa or other continents, the conflicts have been protracted with horrendous consequences. This volume looks at some of the conflicts in Asia and Africa, commonly referred to as the third world, and their political and humanitarian dimensions. It aims at exploring causes and changing contours of these conflicts with focus on costs and consequences. By emphasizing on these twin aspects, this volume brings into forefront victimization of common people caught in conflict situations. The subject of conflicts being one of the focal areas in international politics, the book would be of interest to a vast readership globally. It would be helpful to researchers, international, governmental organizations and policy makers dealing with issues related to conflict, peace, displacement and human rights.
Regional Coordinator of SARCAN Mr. Manish Thapa has contributed chapter on this book titles: Maoists Insurgency in Nepal: Context, Cost and Consequences.
ISBN: 978817708131
Publisher: New Century Publication
Asymmetric Conflicts : War Initiation by Weaker Powers
Asymmetric Conflicts : War Initiation by Weaker Powers
This book asks why weaker powers so often engage in wars against stronger opponents. It examines six cases where this occurred in this century, including the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, and the Argentine invasion of the Falkland Islands in 1982. The key argument of deterrence theory is that the military superiority of a relatively strong power, coupled with a credible retaliatory threat, will prevent attack by challengers. This book seriously challenges this assumption, and has wide implications for the study of war, deterrence, diplomacy and strategy.
Contents
Part I. Theoretical Framework: 1. Introduction: war initiation in international relations theory; 2. Explaining war initiation by weaker powers in asymmetric conflicts; Part II. The Case Studies: 3. The Japanese offensive against Russia, 1904; 4. The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, 1941; 5. The Chinese intervention in Korea, 1950; 6. The Pakistani offensive in Kashmir, 1965; 7. The Egyptian offensive in the Sinai, 1973; 8. The Argentine invasion of the Falklands/Malvinas, 1982; 9. Conclusion.
Reviews
"...an important contribution to the literature on the causes of war. Students of history and international politics should find the book accessible and provocative. Paul raises an important and timely issue that has received limited attention, and his contribution is certain to spark debate. The book serves as an excellent reminder that conflict processes are often complex and do not lend themselves to easy solutions." Martin Malin, Journal of International Affairs
"...the case studies are well presented, and the argument clearly put." Foreign Affairs
"Asymmetric Conflicts makes a valuable contribution to initiation theory by investigating a puzzling, yet recurring, phenomenon in international politics: the tendency of weak states to initiate war against stronger adversaries....[T]he case studies make a good read; they are structured around a consistent set of theoretically interesting questions and present a sensible understanding of historical events. Moreover, the author has conducted extensive research, including personal interviews with historians and participants....Paul's book studies a familiar question in a fresh light....[B]y bringing together a number of important hypotheses and carefully applying them to a specific set of cases, Paul's work advances our understanding of an issue vital to the study of foreign and security policy." Susan Peterson, Journal of Interdisciplinary History
Muslim Perspectives on the Sri Lankan Conflict
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Muslim Perspectives on the Sri Lankan Conflict
Policy Studies, No. 41
Publisher: Washington, D.C.: East-West Center Washington
Publication Date: 2007
ISBN: 978-1-932728-66-8
Abstract
The Sri Lankan ethnic conflict is often regarded as a two-way contest between the Sinhala majority and the Tamil minority, ignoring the interests and concerns of the island's 8 percent Muslim (or "Moorish") minority. One-third of Sri Lanka's Muslims are concentrated in towns and districts located within the Tamil-speaking agricultural northeast, a region envisioned as independent "Tamil Eelam" by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). In the postindependence period, the Muslim leadership at the national level abandoned their colonial identity as Arabs ("Moors") and adopted a religious identity as Muslims, clearly defining their ethnicity as neither Sinhala nor Tamil. Muslim politicians emphasized coalition politics with mainstream Sinhala parties until the outbreak of the armed Tamil secessionist campaign in the 1980s. Since then, Muslim communities in the northeast have suffered violence and dispossession at the hands of the LTTE, and they have been harmed by indiscriminate military campaigns conducted by the Sri Lankan armed forces. A Muslim political party, the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress, was formed in the 1980s to defend the security of the northeastern Muslims, and it has sought to secure an equal role for the Muslims in peace negotiations following the Ceasefire Agreement of 2002. A narrow Sinhala vs. Tamil mindset, and a complex set of sociological and political factors within the Muslim community, have limited the direct participation of the Muslims in the peace process. However, because of the large Muslim population in the multiethnic northeast, Muslims must be actively involved in any long-term settlement of the Sri Lankan ethnic conflict
Armed Conflicts and Peace Processes in South Asia 2006
Armed Conflicts and Peace Processes in South Asia 2006
This book is published as an annual on the various conflicts in Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka Table of Contents: 1. Armed Conflicts in South Asia: An Overview by Chari, P.R. 2. Bangladesh: A Slow Beginning? by Rajeshwari, B. 3. J & K Infiltration Declines, Violence Persists by Chandran, D. Suba 4. Left Extremism in India: From Red Corridor to Red Land by Joseph, Mallika 5. Nepal: Continuing Violence by Rajamohan, P.G. 6. North-East: Failure of Peace Processes by Routray, Bibhu Prasad 7. Pakistan: Tribal Troubles in Balochistan and Waziristan by Chandran, D. Suba 8. Sri Lanka: Negative Peace, Positive Violence by Manoharan, N. 9. Promoting Peace in South Asia by Banerjee, Maj. Gen. Dipankar 10. Chronology of Events in 2005
ISBN#: 9788187374893
Pages: 335
Edition: Hardcover
Published: 2007
Publisher: Samskriti
India-Pakistan in War and Peace
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India-Pakistan in War and Peace
About the Book
As the Kashmir dispute brings India and Pakistan ominously close to nuclear war this book provides a compelling account of the history and politics of these two great South Asian rivals. Like the Israel-Palestine struggle, the Indian-Pakistan rivalry is a legacy of history. The two countries went to war within months of becoming independent and, over the following half-century, they have fought three other wars and clashed at the United Nations and every other global forum. It is a complex conflict, over religion and territory with two diametrically opposed views of nationhood and national imagination. J.N. Dixit, former Foreign Secretary of India, and one of the world's leading authorities on the region, has written a balanced and very readable account of the most tempestuous and potentially dangerous flashpoint in international politics.
Table of Contents
Introduction 1. IC-814 to Kandahar 2. Implications ofn the Kargil War 3. Tunnel Visionaries 4. Wellsprings of antagonism 5. From Democracy to Dictatorship and War 6. The Break-up of Pakistan 7. Coup to Coup: Pakistan 1972-1999 8. Kashmir 9. India and Pakistan - Nuclear Weapons States 10. Retrospect and Prospects 11. The Agra Summit and After 12. Uncertainties or Opportunities Appendices
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ISBN: 978-0-415-30472-6
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Binding: Hardback
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Published by: Routledge
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Publication Date: 2nd August 2002
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Pages: 504
Prospects for Peace in South Asia
Prospects for Peace in South Asia
Prospects for Peace in South Asia addresses the largely hostile, often violent relations between India and Pakistan that date from their independence in 1947. The persistent conflict between the two neighboring countries over Kashmir has defied numerous international attempts at resolution and entered its most dangerous phase when both India and Pakistan became nuclear powers in 1998.
The struggle over Kashmir is enduringly rooted in national identity, religion, and human rights. It has also influenced the politicization of Pakistan’s army, religious radicalism, and nuclearization in both countries. This incisive volume analyzes these forces, their impact on relations between the two countries, and alternative roles the United States might play in resolving the dispute. While acknowledging the risks, the book is optimistic about peace in South Asia. The key argument is that many of the domestic concerns (such as territorial integrity in both countries and civilian-military rapprochement in Pakistan) that were fueling the conflict have abated.
Year: 2005
440 pp.
3 tables, 15 figures, 2 maps.
ISBN-10: 080475084X
ISBN-13: 9780804750844
ISBN-10: 0804750858
ISBN-13: 9780804750851