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This book addresses the increasingly tense strategic situation in Asia as these major powers interact and react to each other.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCOMMENTS: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Clashing Titans” is a valuable interpretation of strategy played by global, regional and local powers in Asia where some fiercely  complete and some work hard to gain acceptance but all with a common theme towards serving their respective ‘National Interest.’ Rajeswari points at the possibilities of these ‘interests’ becoming a threat to peace and stability that may lead to military action. \u003cbr\u003e--- Air Chief Marshal Krishnaswamy former Chief of Air Staff, Indian Air force, from 2001to 2004.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is now widely agreed that Asia has become the core of the emerging global system. Yet, oddly, there have been few efforts to synoptically survey the military capabilities of the major Asian powers. Rajeswari Rajagopalan’s survey of Asian military strategies goes a long way towards filling that gap. It provides a clear and concise survey of one of the key dimensions of military power affecting Asian stability in the future, and its limpid analysis makes it valuable to policymakers, scholars, and laymen alike.\u003cbr\u003e--- Ashley J. 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A question which often comes to the fore, but is seldom answered satisfactorily. The articles collected here represent many of the facets of the argument.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat in today's world constitutes national security? A question which often comes to the fore, but is seldom answered satisfactorily.  What is it that is most important for a nation to protect and for which it needs to evolve strategies? Are state borders and frontiers the most crucial and therefore ought to be defended against all forms of external aggression and influence and at all costs?  Or, are there other issues or core values, or matter that directly affect the interests of the citizens and concern their personal security in a more immediate manner, the promotion of which can often brook no delay?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere are no clear answer to these questions yet or perhaps even in the near future.  But, these are questions that have to be asked and addressed collectively in South Asia.  Security studies in the region need to deliberate over these issues if a viable alternative is to emerge.  The Regional Center for Strategic Studies has constantly attempted to understand the state, the nature and potential of security studies in South Asia.  The object is to identify the foundations, sketch the plans and define the outlines over which a superstructure may be built.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the coming decades of this century these issues will emerge as major questions facing South Asia.  This book is a small step in developing a better understanding of the issues.  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Religion, gender and political legitimacy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the new millennium, there is a growing realization that the concept of security can no longer be confined to the narrow landscape of the military-strategic concerns of the state.  The focus is increasingly shifting to 'human security', which centers on ordinary people and their security needs.  This conception encompasses a broad and comprehensive realm that includes military as well as economic, political, environmental and cultural security. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the age of globalization, political boundaries count for little: the pursuit of security is affected by linkages between the local, the national and the global.  The state is still central, but is both part of the problem and part of the solution.  It is at once the biggest violator of human security and the primary instrument for the attainment of a secure existence for its citizens. The extent to which the state attends to people's security needs ultimately depends on its accountability to the public, which in turn depends on the effective functioning of democracy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn South Asia, the expanded people-centric conception of security is gradually finding a voice.  Yet the older elitist notion of security remains well entrenched within the power structures of state and society.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this volume eminent scholars from the region break out of the mould and draw attention to the diverse facets of security from the standpoint of the average South Asian man, woman and child. They explore vital security issues relating to economic well-being, ethnic identity religion, gender and political legitimacy.  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The New Millennium and Nuclear Weapons of India \u0026amp; Pakistan\u003cbr\u003eHAIDER K NIZAMANI\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSecurity's Insecurity; South Asia's States, Societies and Citizens in the Age of Globalization\u003cbr\u003eJAYADEVA UYANGODA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHuman Security, the State and Democracy in a Globalizing World\u003cbr\u003eRAJESH M BASRUR\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSouth Asian security in the New Millennium\u003cbr\u003eMOONIS AHMAR\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Contributors\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Rajesh M Basrur \/ India Research Press \/ Hardcover","offer_id":40776762261673,"sku":"9527","price":38.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/1048\/4393\/products\/9527_4074daac-db0d-4ba2-8595-741565dcd6fc.jpg?v=1625572235"},{"product_id":"12199-south-asia-post-9-11-searching-for-stability","title":"South Asia Post 9\/11 - Searching for stability","description":"\u003cb\u003e Shipping Note: This item usually arrives at your doorstep in 10-15 days\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Emminent Contributors\u003cbr\u003eEditor(s): K K Nayyar \u0026amp; Jorg Schultz\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Observer Research Foundation\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2003\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 188\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 812910220x\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume is the outcome of an international conference organised jointly by the Observer Research Foundation of India and Rosa Luxemburg Foundation of Germany on February 20 and 21, 2003, at New Delhi. The title of the conference was Pluralism, Democracy and Conflict Resolution: The Search for Stability in South Asia after 9\/11.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe conference was held against the backdrop of fear and uncertainty that had gripped the international community after September 11. The subsequent bombing of Afghanistan and the regime change in Kabul further fuelled apprehensions in South Asia where terrorism has come to stay, encouraged, ironically, by western security and intelligence agencies in pursuit of their geo-strategic activities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe South Asian nations are equally apprehensive about the terror conglomerates like Al Qaida and their hunters, the US-led coalition forces. 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