TY - BOOK AU - Thakur, Ramesh, ed. AU - Wiggen, Oddny, ed. TI - South Asia in the world: problem solving perspectives on security, sustainable development, and good governance SN - 9788185040912 U1 - 338.954027 PY - 2004/// CY - New Delhi PB - Bookwell KW - National security KW - South Asia KW - Diplomatic relations KW - Politics and government KW - United Nations N1 - Foreword: Mutual interest-the United Nations and South Asia / Lloyd Axworthy -- Introduction: South Asia's manifold challenge to the international community / Ramesh Thakur and Oddny Wiggen -- South Asia in the family of nations / Inder Kumer Gujral -- South Asia: Melting pot of global faultlines / Sartaj Aziz -- Nuclear weapons and nuclear war in South Asia: The unknown future / Stephen P. Cohen -- International security in a nuclear South Asia / Christophe Carle -- National security: Inter-state conflict in South Asia (a Nepali perspective) / Lok Raj Baral -- Terrorism and political agitation in post-colonial South Asia: Jammu-Kashmir and Sri Lanka / Kingsley de Silva -- South Asian contributions to United Nations peacekeeping operations: Particular reference to India's participation / Satish Nambiar -- The United Nations and South Asia: Bangladesh's contribution to UN peacekeeping / Syed Roomy -- Pro-poor policies in South Asia / Hafiz Pasha -- Trade and investment in South Asia / Farooq Sobhan and Riffat Zaman -- Democratic governance in South Asia: Problems and prospects / Gautam Adhikari -- Pluralism, democracy and governance and South Asia: The case of Sri Lanka / Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu. Critical links between environment and development in South Asia / Adeel Zafar and Awais Piracha -- The environmental challenge to human security in South Asia / Adil Najam -- Diffusion of international peace? International rivers and bilateral relations in South Asia / Ashok Swain -- A Security Organisation for South Asia: Mechanism for conflict resolution in South Asia / Niaz A. Naik -- SAARC as an institutional framework for cooperation in South Asia / Nihal Rodrigo -- Human security: The perspective of children and women in South Asia / Manzoor Ahmed -- Child malnutrition and gender discrimination in South Asia: Is the worst malnutrition linked to the worst gender discrimination in the world? / Santosh Mehrotra -- "Hum honge kamiyab ... (We shall overcome ...)": Non-government organizations, the state and human security in India / Rekha Datta -- Post-Taliban Afghanistan and South Asian security / Samina Ahmed -- South-west Asia after the Taliban / Mohammed Ayoob -- The changing geopolitics of Central, West and South Asia after 11 September / Amin Saikal -- Pakistan and India: The way forward / Samina Yasmeen -- India-Pakistan relations: Ways forward / Gopalaswami Parthasarathy ER -