Bilateral and Multilateral Cooperation in South Asia

This book examines how bilateralism and multilateralism serve as cornerstones in bringing countries together to enhance regional cooperation.

Autorentext

Adluri Subramanyam Raju is Professor and former Head of the UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Institute of South Asia Regional Cooperation (UMISARC) and Centre for South Asian Studies and Coordinator of the UGC Centre for Maritime Studies at Pondicherry University, India. He is the recipient of the Mahbub ul Haq Award (Regional Centre for Strategic Studies, Colombo, Sri Lanka), the Scholar of Peace Award (Women in Security, Conflict Management and Peace, New Delhi, 2002) and the Kodikara Award (Regional Centre for Strategic Studies, Colombo, 1998). He was a Salzburg Seminar Fellow (2006). He received the National Best Teacher Award (C.V.S. Krishnamurthy Theja Charities, Tirupati, 2017) and Best Teacher Award twice (Pondicherry University, 2013 and 2018). He is a member of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry's Third Task Force on Blue Economy. He was previously a visiting fellow at the Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies, Colombo, Sri Lanka. He is on the editorial boards of five journals.

Inhalt

Introduction Part 1: Regionalism and Multilateralism in South Asia: Background 1. Options in Economic Cooperation: Background 2. Regionalism and Multilateralism: Contradictory or Complementary? 3. Limits of Multilateralism in South Asia Part 2: Regional Cooperation in South Asia and Beyond 4. Migration and Refugees in South Asia 5. Terrorism and Regional Cooperation: Role of SAARC 6. Connecting South Asia Through Sub-Regional Initiatives: A Case Study of (B)BINMVA 7. India's New Regionalism in South Asia: Changing Dynamics and Patterns 8. India Looking Beyond SAARC: Is it Benefiting? 9. BIMSTEC: India's Options for Stepping Beyond Regionalism 10. Bilateral Engagements: India's Interests in ASEAN 11. Regional Groupings: Sri Lanka as a Troubled Island Nation **Part 3: Bilateralism in South Asia 12. India-Bangladesh Connectivity: A Critical Appraisal 13. India-Pakistan Relationship: Nuclear as a Factor 14. Understanding Afghan Conundrum: Implications for India 15. Afghanistan-Pakistan Relations: Pashtun as a Factor