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Armed conflicts and peace processes in South Asia 2006
No full textThe publication is based on an extensive study on Armed Conflicts and Peace Processes in South Asia which was commissioned by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation.
While the armed conflicts in the recent years have become bloodier in South Asia, the peace processes could not be sustained for various factors. Initiating a peace process is easier than to sustain it. In the last few years, a series of peace processes have been initiated in South Asia in Pakistan, Kashmir, Nepal, India's Northeast and Sri Lanka. The presence of numerous actors, role of civil society, space and rules of bargaining, lack of bargaining tools, independent inputs or the lack of it, level of external support, all these factors play an important role in sustaining the peace processes.
The above two factors continuing armed conflicts and failing peace processes, make it imperative to initiate an organized, long term but independent study of the armed conflicts and peace processes in South Asia. A database on armed conflicts in South Asia is essential for such a study. The Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS) propose to create such a database on armed conflicts and peace processes in South Asia.
This book is a primary part of this endeavor and is published as an annual on the various conflicts in Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. The following case studies would form the core essays of the annual Waziristan, Balochistan, Jammu and Kashmir. India's Northeast, Naxalities in India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. In future, the study would also cover the armed conflict in Afghanistan
Building Bridges: Strengthening Physical, Infrastructural and Emotional Linkages in South Asia
No full texthe book, “Building Bridges: Strengthening Physical, Emotional and Economic Linkages in South Asia” tries to identify the physical, emotional and economic connectivities in South Asia. The richness of the content is enhanced by the diverse inputs that have been poured in from scholars from both the EU and the ASEAN. The book comprises seven chapters. The first chapter talks about alternative approaches to enhance economic connectivity in South Asia and emphasizes that maintaining the momentum of growth in South Asia is of utmost importance. The chapter also talks about intra-regional trade and investments in south Asia as an opportunity. The chapter also highlights the importance of physical infrastructure in building connectivity. The second chapter focuses on education and discourse as integral components of multi-track diplomacy. The third chapter talks about the possibility and ways of turning South Asia into a tourist hub and cites its diversity as the main strength of the region for achieving this. The diversity and uniqueness of the region has been touted as the bait to entice tourism in the region. The fourth chapter looks at the issue of regional visa regime for South Asia as under the Namgay initiatives. The fifth chapter talks about the role of thin tanks in South Asian regional connectivity and notes the roles of thin tank in improving people to people connectivity. The next chapter talks about a very important issue; the Sino-Indian connectivity through Nepal. It talks about Nepal being the possible ‘land-bridge’ between China and India. The last chapter revisits the idea of the ‘Silk Route’ as a possible way to create people to people connectivity.
The book, all in all, presents a holistic picture of creating a much more connected and integrated South Asia
Limited War: Revisiting Kargil in the Indo-Pak Conflict
No full textThe book looks into limited war theory at the global level and its evolution at Indo-Pak level, besides looking into whether a limited war would secure India's interests via-a-vis Pakistan. Arms control, disarmament, and international security are the key issues in this report on the history of "limited war,"—a concept introduced by British military historian and strategist Sir Basil Henry Liddell Hart at the peak of World War II—that has gathered momentum in the post-Kargil conflict period of India and Pakistan. The report explores how Liddell Hart's advocacy of limiting war differed from the arguments of the United States at the time and how they apply to the Indo-Pak conflict today
India, China and Sub-regional Connectivities in South Asia
No full textThis book focuses on identifying the extant barriers and impending opportunities for effective coordination of transport infrastructure and enhancement of trade activities along the border regions of South Asian countries. It asserts that with pertinent policy guidelines and timely initiatives from the participating countries, unprecedented opportunities can be capitalized upon for consolidated economic growth of the region. It exposes how untapped resources, bureaucratic and political inertia and a lack of collective endeavour remain major impediments to bilateral and multilateral cooperation which, if surmounted, could pave the way for successful regional initiatives.
It will be indispensable to researchers and scholars of international relations, South Asia studies, international trade, comparative politics, political economy, and to the informed general reader
Indo-Pak Conflicts Ripe to Resolve?
No full textCo-authored by D. Suba Chandran, Deputy Director, IPCS, this volume looks as the Indo-Pak and the recent peace process through the prism of various ripeness theories, especially William Zartman's: when the parties engaged in the conflict realize that a stalemate is reached which is hurting, they look towards reaching a compromise.
Has the Indo-Pak conflict reached the mutually hurting stalemate stage? What made General Musharraf adopt a political approach towards India after initiating a military confrontation in Kargil? Why did the Vajpayee government decide to change its policy towards Pakistan after a year long confrontation in 2002? Has there been a realization that the confrontational policy/military option had failed? Or was it due to the external pressure from the international community led by the US?
Numerous changes have been taking place inside Jammu and Kashmir. The Indian Government has organized a successful election for the state legislative assembly. The new state government in J and K has initiated a 'healing touch' policy, which is yet to make changes at the ground level. The Hurriyat stands vertically divided and the armed non-state actors including the militant and jihadi organizations have their own objectives. The bus service between the two Kashmirs has started and is welcomed by people despite opposition from a section of militants and separatists. Is the Kashmir conflict finally ripe to resolve?
The book also looks into certain preconditions essential to make the conditions ripe and suggest measures that would initiate a process towards a final compromise between India and Pakistan.
Radical Islam and International Terrorism: Indian Democracy as a Moderating Factor
No full textThe Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) is privileged to present with this booklet the results of a project to study the issues of Radical Islam and International Terrorism - Indian Democracy as a Moderating Factor carried out by the Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (ICPS) and commissioned by KAS. With this publication both institutions would like to contribute to the understanding of a contemporary issue of significance.
The idea for this project originated in several dialogues of prominent Members of the European Parliament with high-ranking Indian officials when they visited India in 2005 on the invitation of the KAS. During these exchanges their attention was drawn to the phenomenon that by and large, India does not experience such kind of domestic Islamic terrorism with which some other countries with Muslim minorities in the region and beyond are confronted and, equally important, that Indian Muslims did not join the various global jihads.
A similar issue came up during the discussion of a lecture of Mr. Jörg Wolff, Resident Representative of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung to India, he delivered in Germany some months later and a German businessman asked what the lessons of the Indian multicultural and multi-religious model might be for the rest of the world in dealing with Muslim minorities. Last year, during a visit to China, the question was raised as to why India with all its many serious problems and unsolved challenges, including its vast Muslim minority, remains stable.
These observations and questions were interesting. They give evidence that India with its successfully functioning multicultural, multi-ethnic, multilingual and multi-religious democracy is widely perceived as an experiment of an overall peaceful confluence of civilizations and religions at atime when many countries are plagued by internal conflicts, international terrorism and disturbances between their religious groups. The relevant question remains why this is so, what makes India different and what lessons might be drawn from the Indian model by and for the rest of the world
Terrorism Post 9/11: An Indian Perspective
No full textTerrorism is now an omnipresent menace that recognizes no international boundaries, respects no international laws and does not differentiate between combatants and non-combatants. Terrorism has many forms but the most dangerous manifestation of terrorism has been in the shape of Jehadi terrorism, which is a global phenomenon and has the resources and the will to attack targets around the globe. Terrorism does not follow conventions or rules applicable to conventional warfare but uses force with devastating affect through surrogates and dedicated adherents as witnessed during the events of 9/11. Hilke Tromp, well-known Dutch political scientist, believes that surrogate terrorism is a ?third world war which has assumed the completely unexpected form of? ?protracted? warfare by terrorist methods? Donald J. Hanle has called terrorism the newest face of warfare
Armed Conflicts In South Asia 2009: Continuing Violance, Faling Peace Processes
No full textThe present volume (2009) examines the various armed conflicts in South Asia in 2008 – in Afghanistan, FATA, J and K, India’s Northeast, Sri Lanka and Nepal, and sectarian and naxalite violence in Pakistan and India respectively. The volume also includes an exclusive chapter on the linkages between armed conflicts and failing and failed states in South Asia.
Designed as an annual series, the articles provide a brief historical sketch of the emergence of armed conflict, outlining its various phases. The contemporary trends in and the factors that have sustained the conflict – local backing, logistical support and monetary assistance – are discussed next, followed by an examination of conflict management, specifically the measures taken by the government, non-state actors, civil society and the international community in addressing the conflict. The articles then chart the direction the armed conflict is likely to take and provide a set of alternative measures that could be pursued by the various actors.
This important collection discusses India’s geo-strategic importance and its common borders with its neighbours; the psychological and economic costs of violence and the problem of refugee migrants; treaties, memorandums and ceasefire agreements signed over the past several years across countries; the role of the United Nations and other peacekeeping forces; and the future of failed and failing states.
This book will be useful to students of politics, international relations, and peace and conflict studies. It will also be relevant to the governments of South Asian countries, to intelligence agencies, and to international bodies.
The Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS), since 2006, has been closely monitoring various armed conflicts in South Asia with a view to analyze their various facets including the main issues and trends, principal actors, efforts towards conflict management and the effectiveness of these initiatives.
The Institute is extremely grateful to the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, whose support has made it possible to undertake this study. The Institute is also grateful to the Routledge India, who has agreed to publish these essays as an annual
Armed Conflicts in South Asia 2013: Transitions
No full textThis annual volume presents a succinct review and analysis of the armed conflicts in the year 2012. It identifies prominent trends in the development of armed conflicts, map efforts towards effective conflict management, besides providing future projections to curb the rise in conflict situations and in the number of insurgent outfits. The book also studies internal conflict in India, including additional chapters on the Naga situation and Naxal-affected areas. The peace audit section examines the ongoing peace processes, identifies new issues that may have arisen, and outlines relevant lessons
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