The present study investigates the role of Bhutan in SAARC, and examines the major factors behind its joining the regional forum. It traces the contribution of Bhutan in the various stages of development of SAARC through its participation in different programmes and committees. The book also emphasises the significance of SAARC for Bhutan to secure its foreign policy objective and extend relations with the outside world other than India.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Rajesh S. Kharat
Rejesh S. Kharat is Reader in Politics at Department of Civics & Politics, University of Mumbai. He obtained his M.Phil. and Ph. D. degrees from the Soouth Asian Studies, JNU, New Delhi. He has authored a book Bhutan in SAARC: Role of Samll State in Regional Allaince (New Delhi) which is also published in the American edition by Iternational Academic Publishers Ltd., University Boulevard, Denver, Colorado, USA. He has also contributed several articles on South Asian contemporary issues particularly on refugees, in national and international journals and edited volumes. Member of Editorial Advisory Board for Journal of Peace and Democracy in South Asia, (Stockholm University, Sweden) Dr. Kharat presented more than 20 research papers in national and international seminars and conferences in India and abroad. He has also visited countries of Bhutan, Denmark, France, Nepal, Norway, Sweden and England and Scotland in the United Kingdom for the academic purposes.
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