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Author_Marvin G Weinbaum
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ethnic insurgency South Asia
Full Scope IAEA Safeguard
Illicit Narcotics
India's Atomic Energy Program
Indo-Pakistani Conflict
International Security Studies
Kashmir Crisis
Kashmir Problem
narcotics trafficking
narcotics trafficking impact
Negative Security Assurances
nuclear deterrence theory
Nuclear Disarmament
nuclear proliferation
Nuclear Weapon Option
post-Cold War security challenges
Powerful Outsiders
regional conflict analysis
SAARC Charter
South Asia's security
South Asian Security
South Asian States
Sri Lankan
Sri Lankan Militants
Sri Lankan Military
Sri Lankan Security Forces
Sri Lankan State
Sri Lankan Troops
Start Treaty
Tamil Militant Groups
Tamil Nadu
Tehri Garhwal District
Vice Versa
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- ISBN 9780367303433
- Weight: 490g
- Dimensions: 148 x 228mm
- Publication Date: 31 May 2021
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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This innovative volume offers a comprehensive analysis of the issues surrounding South Asia's precarious security. Going far beyond common considerations of border defense and regime, the contributors rigorously trace the social, economic, and ecological origins of present antagonisms. Although careful attention is paid to state military policies in the post-Cold War era—particularly as governments respond to a growing arms trade and nuclear proliferation—the authors also explore the far-reaching implications of environmental degradation and narcotics trafficking for security in the region, arguing that threats such as these transcend boundaries and local political regimes. Exposing the fallacies of purely geopolitical, state-centric models for considering security issues, the authors highlight the complex historical interplay between state and unofficial actors. Concrete applications of their analysis to specific cases—like the Kashmir dispute between Pakistan and India—demonstrate the importance of confidence-building measures and the inefficacy of "zero-sum" approaches to security. Finally, through its dynamic model of security, this volume offers insights into the emerging significance of new regional identities and relations in the next millennium.
"Marvin G. Weinbaum is director of the Program in South and West Asian Studies and professor of Political Science at the University of Illinois-Champaign.
Chetan Kumar is a research associate of the Program in Arms Control, Disarmament, and International Security at the University of Illinois-Champaign."
