South Asian security at the beginning of the
twenty-first century stands at the threshold of change and continuity. The
study and analysis of the region from a theoretical perspective of International
Relations Theory will provide a systematic perspective of the levels of
analysis of the evolving nature of the South Asian states in their internal and
external dimensions of security.
Significant imperatives and issues would include the
profiles of conflict and the prospects of peaceful resolution through bilateral
and institutional aegis, the extent and impact of extra-regional intervention
in the region and the crucial imperatives of regional stability, the
intervening variables of nuclear weapons, asymmetric conflict and maritime
security predicated on regional order and conflict, the evolving patterns of
risk reduction and regional interdependence.
Ø To initiate an analysis of the South Asian Security
Order emanating from the theoretical salience of International Relations Theory
Ø To evaluate the levels of analysis of
traditional-nontraditional and transnational issues of South Asian Security
complex
Ø To assess the issues of nuclear weapons, stability,
escalation and its linkages to asymmetric conflict
Ø To elucidate the range and spectrum of
extra-regional intervention in
Ø To assess the seminal importance of maritime
security and its regional/trans-regional impact on South Asia and
Ø To examine the viable strategies of engagement and
cooperation as confidence building measures and risk reduction measures in an
institutional framework.