The Challenge Of Confidence Building Measures In South Asia

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.

Contributed articles presented at a conference.

Contributed papers earlier presented at an international conference.

Exploring the long history of conflict in South Asia, this book assesses the role of confidence- and security-building measures (CSBMs) in reducing tension. Utilizing a unique comparative framework, the contributors draw lessons for South Asia from the experiences of states in Cold War Europe and in the Middle East. Despite the significant historical, political, and geographic differences among regions, the contributors illustrate how the implementation of CSBMs elsewhere has important policy implications for limiting interstate conflict in South Asia.

The Indian Sub-Continent Continues To Lag Far Behind In Search For A More Stable Peace. This Book Promotes Various Forms Of Cooperative Measures In South Asia, Ranging From Conflict Avoidance To Confidence Building Measures (Cbms). This Timely Volume, The First Of Its Kind Offers Concrete Proposals To Help Avert Future Conflicts And To Encourage Regional Cooperation. The Contributors Are Drawn From India, Pakistan, China And The United States--Most Essays Being Collaborative Efforts Across Borders.

This book provides a summation of many of the key points and insights that emerged during the first meeting of the Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific Confidence and Security Building Measures Working Group in Washington, D.C., in October 1994.