The Routledge Handbook of South Asia : region, security and connectivity

PART 1: South Asia as a Region — 15

2. Post-Colonial Identities, Ethnic Conflicts, and Security Dilemma in South Asia — 17
3. (Rajpal Budania)
4. South Asian Identity: Examining the State-Society Interface — 31
5. (Udayan Das and Ambar Kumar Ghosh)

PART 2: Political, Social and Security Systems in South Asia — 47

3. Politics of Democracy in South Asia: People's Aspiration and the Structure of the State — 49
4. (Smruti S. Pattanaik)

4. Transition of Monarchy in South Asia: The Case of Nepal — 65
5. (Raksha Pandey)

5. Transitions in Governance: Polity, Policy, and Regionalism in South Asia — 78
6. (R. Srinivasan)

6. Civil Society in South Asia: Plurality, Convergence and Paradoxes — 96
7. (Amit Dholakia)

7. Religion and Politics in South Asia: Select Case Studies — 110
8. (Partha Pratim Basu)

8. Lilliputians' Dilemma: Survival Strategies of Small States in South Asia — 131
9. (N. Manoharan)

9. Untangling the South Asia–China Nuclear Problematique — 147
10. (Ravi Komarraju)

PART 3: Commerce and Connectivity in South Asia — 159

10. Impact of Globalization on South Asia — 161
11. (I. P. Khosla)

11. Prospects of Growth Dynamism in South Asia: Trade and Investment as Drivers of Regional Development — 176
12. (Saroj Kumar Mohanty)

12. A Novel Approach for Integration in South Asia: Through Trade Promotion and Economic Corridors — 198
13. (Srimal Fernando)

13. Connectivity Across South Asia: Possibilities and Intrinsic Challenges — 213
14. (Pankaj K. Jha)

14. Developments in Sustainable Blue Economy in South Asia — 227
15. (V. N. Attri)

PART 4: Human Security in South Asia — 243

15. Climate Change and River Waters in South Asia: Scarcity, Security and the Avoidance of Zero-Sum Approaches in the Anthropocene Epoch — 245
16. (Ananya Sharma and Varun Sahni)

16. Governing Water Resources in India: Role of Water Law, Policy, and Institutions — 263
17. (Vandana Asthana)

17. Environment and Sustainable Development in South Asia — 276
18. (Nitya Nanda and Susmita Mitra)

18. Energy Security and Cooperation in South Asia — 293
19. (Adluri Subramanyam Raju)

PART 5: South Asia in a Multipolar World — 309

19. A Sub-Regional Resuscitation in South Asia: Enlivening the BIMSTEC — 311
20. (Sohini Nayak)

20. Comparing the SAARC and the ASEAN — 326
21. (Uttara Sahasrabuddhe)

21. The European Union's Relations with South Asia — 339
22. (Ummu Salma Bava)

22. China in South Asia: The Xi Jinping Era — 354
23. (Reena Marwah)

23. United States–South Asia Relations: Challenges and Opportunities Facing the Biden Administration — 365
24. (M. J. Vinod)

24. The Multipolar World and South Asia — 380
25. (Anindya Jyoti Majumdar)