South Asia in the World

by Thakur, Ramesh; Wiggen, Oddny

• ISBN13: 9789280810936
• ISBN10: 9280810936
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-05-01
• Publisher: United Nations Univ

Summary

One in five of the world's population live in the countries of South Asia (covering Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka). This region faces many problems regarding economic development, environmental protection, food and water security, governance and human rights, health issues including the rise of HIV/AIDS, inter-state and internal conflicts, international terrorism and nuclear proliferation. This volume contains a number of papers, based on contributions to an international conference held in Tokyo, in May 2002, which consider the implications of these complex issues for the role of the United Nations to maintain international peace and security and to promote socio-economic development in this divided region.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	ix
List of contributors	x
List of figures	xvii
List of tables	xviii
List of abbreviations	xx
Foreword: Mutual interest - The United Nations and South Asia	xxii
Lloyd Axworthy
1 Introduction: South Asia's manifold challenge to the international community	1	(18)
Ramesh Thakur and Oddny Wiggen
Part I: Overviews	19	(18)
2 South Asia in the family of nations	21	(6)
Inder Kumer Gujral
3 South Asia: Melting pot of global faultlines	27	(12)
Sartaj Aziz
Part II: Security	37	(92)
4 Nuclear weapons and nuclear war in South Asia: Unknowable Futures	39	(19)
Stephen P. Cohen
5 International security in a nuclear South Asia	58	(9)
Christophe Carle
6 National security: Inter-state conflict in South Asia (a Nepali perspective)	67	(17)
Lok Raj Baral
7 Terrorism and political agitation in post-colonial South Asia: Jammu-Kashmir and Sri Lanka	84	(20)
Kingsley de Silva
8 South Asian contributions to United Nations peacekeeping operations, with particular reference to India's participation	104	(11)
Satish Nambiar
9 The United Nations and South Asia: Bangladesh's contribution to UN peacekeeping	115	(14)
Syed Fatemy Ahmed Roomy
Part III: Development	129	(42)
10 Pro-poor policies in South Asia	131	(14)
Hafiz A. Pasha
11 Trade and investment in South Asia	145	(26)
Farooq Sobhan and Riffat Zaman
Part IV: Governance	171	(32)
12 Democratic governance in South Asia: Problems and prospects	173	(12)
Gautam Adhikari
13 Pluralism, democracy and governance and South Asia: The case of Sri Lanka	185	(18)
Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu
Part V: Environment	203	(64)
14 Critical links between environment and development in South Asia	205	(20)
Zafar Adeel and Awais Piracha
15 The environmental challenge to human security in South Asia	225	(23)
Adil Najam
16 Diffusion of environmental peace? International rivers and bilateral relations in South Asia	248	(19)
Ashok Swain
Part VI: Regional cooperation	267	(26)
17 A Security Organization for South Asia: Mechanism for conflict resolution in South Asia	269	(10)
Niaz A. Naik
18 SAARC as an institutional framework for cooperation in South Asia	279	(14)
Nihal Rodrigo
Part VII: Human security	293	(62)
19 Human security: The perspective of children and women in South Asia	295	(20)
Manzoor Ahmed
20 Child malnutrition and gender discrimination in South Asia: Is the worst malnutrition linked to the worst gender discrimination in the world?	315	(20)
Santosh Mehrotra
21 "Hum honge kamiyab ... [We shall overcome ...]": Non-governmental organizations, the state and human security in India	335	(20)
Rekha Datta
Part VIII: "9/11", Afghanistan and South Asia	355	(56)
22 Post-Taliban Afghanistan and South Asian security	357	(16)
Samina Ahmed
23 South-West Asia after the Taliban	373	(22)
Mohammed Ayoob
24 The changing geopolitics of Central, West and South Asia after 11 September	395	(16)
Amin Saikal
Part IX: Towards a brighter future	411	(30)
25 Pakistan and India: The way forward	413	(16)
Samina Yasmeen
26 India-Pakistan relations: Ways forward	429	(12)
Gopalaswami Parthasarathy
Index	441