| Foreword : mutual interest - the United Nations and South Asia | |
| 1 | Introduction : South Asia's manifold challenge to the international community | 1 |
| 2 | South Asia in the family of nations | 21 |
| 3 | South Asia : melting pot of global faultines | 27 |
| 4 | Nuclear weapons and nuclear war in South Asia : unknowable futures | 39 |
| 5 | International security in a nuclear South Asia | 58 |
| 6 | National security : inter-state conflict in South Asia (a Nepali perspective) | 67 |
| 7 | Terrorism and political agitation in post-colonial South Asia : Jammu-Kashmir and Sri Lanka | 84 |
| 8 | South Asian contributions to United Nations peacekeeping operations, with particular reference to India's participation | 104 |
| 9 | The United Nations and South Asia : Bangladesh's contribution to UN peacekeeping | 115 |
| 10 | Pro-poor policies in South Asia | 131 |
| 11 | Trade and investment in South Asia | 145 |
| 12 | Democratic governance in South Asia : problems and prospects | 173 |
| 13 | Pluralism, democracy and governance and South Asia : the case of Sri Lanka | 185 |
| 14 | Critical links between environment and development in South Asia | 205 |
| 15 | The environmental challenge to human security in South Asia | 225 |
| 16 | Diffusion of environmental peace? : international rivers and bilateral relations in South Asia | 248 |
| 17 | A security organization for South Asia : mechanism for conflict resolution in South Asia | 269 |
| 18 | SAARC as an institutional framework for cooperation in South Asia | 279 |
| 19 | Human security : the perspective of children and women in South Asia | 295 |
| 20 | Child malnutrition and gender discrimination in South Asia : is the worst malnutrition linked to the worst gender discrimination in the world? | 315 |
| 21 | "Hum honge kamiyab ... [we shall overcome ...]" : non-governmental organizations, the state and human security in India | 335 |
| 22 | Post-Taliban Afghanistan and South Asian security | 357 |
| 23 | South-West Asia after the Taliban | 373 |
| 24 | The changing geopolitics of Central, West and South Asia after 11 September | 395 |
| 25 | Pakistan and India : the way forward | 413 |
| 26 | India-Pakistan relations : ways forward | 429 |