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New South Asian Security recasts the interpretation of security and international relations in South Asia. Moving away from the traditional emphasis on India Pakistan relations, this volume focuses on the region s unique confluence of two of the international system s rising great powers (China and India), and two of its failing and most unstable states (Pakistan and Afghanistan). It also acknowledges that South Asian security rests upon the interaction between ...
The tenure of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) regime (1998–2004), led by the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) saw India's rise in international prominence, especially in terms of nuclear transparency, a tilt towards the US, regional pragmatism, and use of realpolitik. On all these accounts, the BJP regime often significantly contrasted to those of the Indian National Congress. The practices and ideas that the BJP espoused continue to ...