Cooperative Security Framework for South Asia

The volume brings together views of some eminent scholars and security analysts from South Asia on the challenges and prospects of a cooperative security framework (CSF) in the region of South Asia. Aiming to generate a debate on the CSF and forge a consensus on the issue at the Track-II level, it critically analyses such frameworks in different regions and examines whether such a framework is possible and practicable in the South Asian region. It describes the importance of the CSF for the region as despite strong historical and religious linkages, it has been suffering from underdevelopment due to lack of cooperation and a cohesive policy. It emphasises the vulnerability of the region to serious non-traditional security threats in future.