South Asia is one of the important regions in international system. Like other regions, a number of steps have been initiated to promote greater understanding and cooperation among the member states of the region. The region is afflicted by a number of problems -social, political and economic. Nuclear proliferation is one of the major issues that changed the face of the region. In this context, an attempt is made to construct a new South Asia by exploring the problems of the region and to suggest ways and means to have a new future for the people of south Asia. As a [art of this effort the volume tries to deal with a few new issues that can give a new agenda to change the present scenario. The volume consists essays contributed by the scholars across the South Asian region. They include former policy makers such as diplomatic and military personnel, academia, media and the corporate world. This volume adopts a new strategy discussing the issues from the people centric perspective. The volume tries to focus on South Asia beyond nationalism, the necessity of new institutional choices, an agenda for peace and security issues, including common defence area, having a South Asian Union and a single currency for the region. Addressing the above issues, the volume gives a fresh perspective on the field by probing into Why we need a South Asian Union? What are the steps to be followed? What are the obstacles for forgoing cooperation? Whether the contemporary approach towards political and security cooperation needs to be modified? It makes recommendations for reconstructing South Asia with the focus not just economic but also human development.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Adluri Subramanyam Raju
Adluri Subramanyam Raju is Associate Professor of Political Science in the Centre for SAARC Studies, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam. Earlier, he was Honorary Academic Fellow at the Indo-American Centre for International Studies, Hyderabad. He is Associate Editor for an International Journal Indian Ocean Survey. Mr. Raju received his Ph.D. from the Department of Poltiical Science, University of Hyderabad. He was Saizburg Seminar Fellow (2006) and the recipient of the Kodikara Award (1998) and Mahbub Ul Haq Award (2003) cnferred by the Regional Centre for Strategic Studies (RCSS), Colombo and Scholar of Peace (2002) by Women in Security Conflict Management & Peace (WISCOMP), New Delhi. His area of research interest is on conflict resolution and cnfidence building measures with reference to South Asia. His publications include, Democracies at Loggerheads: Security Aspects of US-India Ralations, New Delhi and Colorado: South Asian Publishsers and International Academic Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2001; Third-Generation Indian Perceptions of the Kashmir Issue, Colombo: RCSS, 2001; Indian Women Scientists’ Perceptions of the Nuclear Issue, New Delhi; WISCOMP, 2005; co-authored, Maritime Cooperation between india and Sri Lanka, New Delhi; Manohar Publishers, 2006; (ed.), Nuclear India: Problems and Perspectives, New Delhi and Colorado: South Asian Publishers and Interantional Academic Publshers Pvt. Ltd. 2000; Terrorism in South Asia: Views from India, New Deli and Singapore; India Research Press and Marshall Cavendish Academic, 2004; and Reconstructing South Asia; An Agenda, New Delhi: Gyan Publishing House, 2007.
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