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Zahid Shahab Ahmed evaluates the progress of the South Asian
Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC). This study goes
beyond economic integration to present a detailed appraisal of
cooperation under the overarching themes of economic cooperation,
environmental security, human welfare, and cooperation in security
matters. According to the author, SAARC is making progress in
addressing the myriad of issues on its agenda. The transition from
agreements to actions and frequent interactions among the member
states has boosted confidence. The progress of SAARC is more
evident in the less controversial areas of human security, such as
poverty alleviation, health and safety, human resources
development, and higher education. Notwithstanding enthusiastic
commitments reflected in agreements and action plans, there is a
gulf between rhetoric and implementation most notably in sensitive
areas relating to traditional security. In the light of the
findings of this study, the author proposes that greater
cooperation in common human security areas has a potential to pave
the way for a cooperation on issues of a 'contentious' nature,
particularly terrorism.
Zahid Shahab Ahmed evaluates the progress of the South Asian
Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC). This study goes
beyond economic integration to present a detailed appraisal of
cooperation under the overarching themes of economic cooperation,
environmental security, human welfare, and cooperation in security
matters. According to the author, SAARC is making progress in
addressing the myriad of issues on its agenda. The transition from
agreements to actions and frequent interactions among the member
states has boosted confidence. The progress of SAARC is more
evident in the less controversial areas of human security, such as
poverty alleviation, health and safety, human resources
development, and higher education. Notwithstanding enthusiastic
commitments reflected in agreements and action plans, there is a
gulf between rhetoric and implementation most notably in sensitive
areas relating to traditional security. In the light of the
findings of this study, the author proposes that greater
cooperation in common human security areas has a potential to pave
the way for a cooperation on issues of a 'contentious' nature,
particularly terrorism.
This book sheds light on religiously motivated extremism and
violence in South Asia, a phenomenon which ostensibly poses
critical and unique challenges to the peace, security and
governance not only of the region, but also of the world at large.
The book is distinctive in-so-far as it reexamines conventional
wisdom held about religious extremism in South Asia and departs
from the literature which centres its analyses on Islamic militancy
based on the questions and assumptions of the West's 'war on
terror'. This volume also offers a comprehensive analysis of new
extremist movements and how their emergence and success places
existing theoretical frameworks in the study of religious extremism
into question. It further examines topical issues including the
study of social media and its impact on the evolution and operation
of violent extremism. The book also analyses grassroots and
innovative non-state initiatives aimed to counter extremist
ideologies. Through case studies focusing on Bangladesh, India,
Pakistan and Sri Lanka, this collection examines extremist
materials, methods of political mobilisation and recruitment
processes and maps the interconnected nature of sociological change
with the ideological transformations of extremist movements.
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