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List of contents
List of Tables and Figures -- About the Contributors -- Preface -- Foreword: Post-Cold War Security Issues of South Asia, /Prime Minister G. P. Koirala -- PART ONE -- Overview -- 1 Introduction, /Kanti P. Bajpai and Stephen P. Cohen -- 2 Whither Security Studies After the Cold War? /Edward A. Kolodziej -- PART TWO -- South Asian Region -- 3 South Asian Security Dilemmas in the Post-Cold War World, /Shelton U. Kodikara -- 4 Internal Sources of Conflict in South Asia, /Baladas Ghoshal -- 5 Pakistan's Security Perceptions in the Post-Cold War Era, /Maqsudul Hasan Nuri -- 6 Challenges and Opportunities: Indian Foreign Policy in the 1990s, Partha S. Ghosh -- PART THREE -- India and Pakistan -- 7 The Future of Conflict in South Asia: The India-Pakistan Dimension, /Pervaiz Iqbal Cheema -- 8 India-Pakistan Reconciliation: The Impact on International Security, /Lieutenant General M. L. Chibber -- PART FOUR -- Nuclear Proliferation -- 9 Capping, Managing, or Eliminating Nuclear Weapons? /K. Subrahmanyam -- 10 Beyond "Horizontal and Vertical Proliferation": Towards an Integrated Approach to Nuclear Weapons Material, /Clifford E. Singer -- 11 Regional Nuclear Proliferation: Problems and Prospects, /Hasan-Askari Rizvi -- PART FIVE -- South Asia and Beyond -- 12 Post-Communist Afghanistan: Implications for Pakistan and the Region, /Marvin G. Weinbaum -- 13 The Littoral Countries at the Crossroads, /Vice Admiral Mihir K. Roy -- List of Acronyms -- Index -- About the Book.
About the author
Kanti P. Bajpai, Visiting Professor, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
Summary
This book provides different perceptions of what the major post-Cold War security issues are likely to be, and even different conceptions of what is meant by "security". It demonstrates a growing awareness of the utility of conflict-resolution techniques in South Asia.