Precursory Study on South Asian Security and Geopolitics

• Authors: Ramachandra Byrappa
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

Security issues in South Asia could be the key to world peace. Understanding the particular dynamics of security creation and its provision in the region has therefore become extremely important. That said, there are major hurdles to a proper comprehension of the underlying complexities. Most of the home-grown security studies and analyses are sponsored or directly provided by the security establishment, focusing mainly on the tactical capacities of the military apparatus. The outside academic community, mainly the Singapore-Australia-USA triangle, tend to concentrate on the global perspectives with predominance given to the India-China aspect of the security configuration. For these reasons, vital and insightful concepts are missing for the proper and realistic understanding of the security policies and configuration of South Asia. The purpose of this essay will be to introduce some of these analytical concepts and give a deeper understanding of the issues at work, in short to provide a historic background to the conflict and security configuration of South Asia

Keywords

EN

Bengal; Curzon; doctrine geopolitics; India; Indian Ocean; South Asia

• Publisher: Instytut Kultur Śródziemnomorskich i Orientalnych PAN
• Journal: Acta Asiatica Varsoviensia
• Year: 2018
• Issue: 31
• Pages: 82-96

Dates

published

2018-12-01

Contributors

author

Ramachandra Byrappa

• Associate professor at the History Institute, Faculty of Humanities, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest - Hungary

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