Journal of International Affairs

Summer 1997: South Asia: The Challenges of Statehood

The Summer 1997 Issue analyzed the political development and economic progress of the South Asian states. This year marks the 25th or 50th anniversary of statehood of the five nations in the region, and thus makes it an appropriate time to evaluate the progress these countries have made and the challenges that lie ahead.

• Women, Population and Sustainable Development in South Asia,  by Nafis Sadik

• Feeding Refugees, or War?,  by Ben Barber

• Statehood in South Asia,  by Ainslie Embree

• Uncertain Success: The Political Economy of Indian Economic Reform,  by Amitava Dutt

• Whose Independence? The Social Impact of Economic Reform in India,  by Smitu Kothari

• Contested Planning: The Bangladesh Flood Action Plan and Local Organization,  by Murray Leaf

• Interview--Financing Women Entrepreneurs in South Asia,  by Nancy Barry

• The Fall of India's Congress Party: Democratic Decay or Dynamism?,  by Christopher Candland

• Economic Liberalization and Separatist Nationalism: The Cases Sri Lanka and Tibet,  by Greg Alling

• Future Uncertain: Indian Security Policy in the 1990's,  by Sumit Ganguly

• Refugee Protection in South Asia,  by Ravi Nair

• The CTBT and Nuclear Disarmament: The Indian View,  by Arundhati Ghose

• The CTBT and Nuclear Disarmament: The American View,  by John Holum

• Anarchy in Afghanistan,  by Zalmay Khalilzad