South Asia: Traditional and Non-Traditional Security Threats

The book discusses the picture presented by South Asia where military, political, economic and social issues are concerned and the importance of conflict-resolution to establish meaningful regional cooperation and for setting up a South Asian Economic Community in the lines of the European Economic Community. It examines the traditional security threats in the region, covering Nepal’s experiment with democracy, China-Pakistan strategic nexus, Indo-Russia relations, maritime security challenges and Issues in Indo-Sri Lanka ties. The articles also take up non-traditional security threats in detail, including environment security, the effects of natural disasters, the population growth in the region and food security as well as impact of China’s water diversion projects. Scholars cite important developments in the region and present statistics to analyse the economic, political and scenario in the region in an attempt to study the region in a holistic manner.