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1. India, Pakistan and the Secret Jihad

   The Covert War in Kashmir, 1947-2004

   By Praveen Swami

   Series: Asian Security Studies

   India, Pakistan and the Secret Jihad explores the history of jihadist violence in Kashmir, and argues that the violent conflict which exploded after 1990 was not a historical discontinuity, but, rather, an escalation of what was by then a five-decade old secret war. Praveen Swami&...

   Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
2. Autonomy and Ethnic Conflict in South and South-East Asia

   Edited by Rajat Ganguly

   Series: Asian Security Studies

   This book uses empirical evidence from various case studies to examine the relationship between territorial and regional autonomy, the nation-state and ethnic conflict resolution in South and South-East Asia. The concept of territorial or regional autonomy holds centre stage in the literature on...

   Published April 16th 2012 by Routledge
3. Understanding Security Practices in South Asia

   Securitization Theory and the Role of Non-State Actors

   By Monika Barthwal-Datta

   Series: Asian Security Studies

   This book explores the ways in which non-state actors (NSAs) in South Asia are involved in securitizing non-traditional security challenges in the region at the sub-state level. South Asia is the epicentre of some of the most significant international security challenges today. Yet, the...

   Published April 10th 2012 by Routledge
4. China, Europe and International Security

   Interests, Roles, and Prospects

   Edited by Frans-Paul van der Putten, Chu Shulong

   Series: Asian Security Studies

   This book examines the roles played by China and Europe in the domain of international security in the 21st century. Bringing together Chinese and European expertise on the Sino-European Security relationship , this book positions Europe - both the EU and the major national actors - and China in a...

   Published February 20th 2012 by Routledge
5. The Chinese Army Today

   Tradition and Transformation for the 21st Century, 2nd Edition

   By Dennis J. Blasko

   Series: Asian Security Studies

   The Chinese Army Today is a comprehensive study of the Chinese military, examining its ground forces in a level of detail not found in any other contemporary works. This new, revised edition has been fully updated to take account of recent changes in the institution. In 1999, the military...

   Published December 15th 2011 by Routledge
6. Sri Lanka and the Responsibility to Protect

   Politics, Ethnicity and Genocide

   By Damien Kingsbury

   Series: Asian Security Studies

   This book provides a study of the war by Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) to create a separate state in Sri Lanka. It examines the ways in which this war should, in principle, have invoked ‘Responsibility to Protect’ principles, as well as the political, legal and practical problems involved...

   Published November 22nd 2011 by Routledge
7. Indian Foreign and Security Policy in South Asia

   Regional Power Strategies

   By Sandra Destradi

   Series: Asian Security Studies

   This book examines Indian foreign policy and security relations in its eastern regional neighbourhood. Indian Foreign and Security Policy in South Asia conducts an in-depth analysis into India’s foreign policy towards the three main countries in India’s Eastern neighbourhood – Sri Lanka, Nepal, and...

   Published November 22nd 2011 by Routledge
8. Pakistan's War on Terrorism

   Strategies for Combating Jihadist Armed Groups since 9/11

   By Samir Puri

   Series: Asian Security Studies

   This book examines Pakistan's strategies in the war against Islamist armed groups that began late 2001, following the 9/11 attacks. The significance of the war inside Pakistan can hardly be understated. Starting in the tribal territories adjacent to Afghanistan, Pakistan’s war has come to engulf...

   Published November 8th 2011 by Routledge
9. US-Japan-North Korea Security Relations

   Irrepressible Interests

   By Anthony DiFilippo

   Series: Asian Security Studies

   This book examines the major security and related issues between the United States, Japan and North Korea (officially, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea - DPRK). Although focusing mainly on current issues, this book also provides sufficient historical background to enable readers...

   Published August 16th 2011 by Routledge
10. Cooperative Security in the Asia-Pacific

    The ASEAN Regional Forum

    Edited by Jürgen Haacke, Noel Morada

    Series: Asian Security Studies

    This book offers the most comprehensive analysis yet of the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF), which remains the foremost dialogue forum for the promotion of cooperative security in the Asia-Pacific. Contributors focus on the perspectives and roles of the key players in the ARF – ASEAN, the United...

    Published July 25th 2011 by Routledge