South Asia's Weak States: Understanding the Regional Insecurity Predicament

by T.V. Paul

Book Overview

South Asia, which consists of eight states of different sizes and capabilities, is characterized by high levels of insecurity at the inter-state, intra-state, and human level: insecurity that is manifest in both traditional and non-traditional security problems--especially transnational terrorism fuelled by militant religious ideologies. To explain what has caused and contributed to the perpetual insecurity and human suffering in the region, this...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080476221X
• ISBN13: 9780804762212
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: Stanford Security Studies
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"