The Challenge of Confidence-building Measures in South AsiaMoonis Ahmar Har-Anand Publications, 2001 - 440 pages This Book Is A Most Timely And Welcome Addition To The Growing Body Of Literature On Cbms In South Asia. It Provides Reasons For Hope As There Are Many Reasons To Be Dispirited About The Absence Of Proper Confidence Building Measures In South Asia. |
Contents
Introduction | 21 |
A Fantasy | 35 |
How To | 53 |
Proactive ConfidenceBuilding Measures | 97 |
How can the United States Play a Role in | 115 |
Perceptions of Small States on | 188 |
A View From | 215 |
Nuclear ConfidenceBuilding in the | 239 |
The Role of Violence in South Asian and the Middle | 284 |
Changing Relevance of NonMilitary CBMs | 305 |
in South Asia | 332 |
Environment as a Factor in South Asian | 352 |
ConfidenceBuilding | 368 |
The Role of CBMs in Resolving NonMilitary | 385 |
State Building and Internal Security in India | 401 |
Future of ConfidenceBuilding Measures in | 416 |
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