This compendium of 16 papers, presented at the 7th South Asia Conference, organized by the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA) at New Delhi, seeks to identify and examine the various strands of regional perceptions in South Asia, with particular focus on India. The contributors discuss at length the reasons for the prevailing—many a time negative—perceptions among the SAARC partners vis-à-vis India and vice versa. They also ...