South Asia and the great powers: international relations and regional security

In the wake of the international combat mission in Afghanistan, South Asia's security is becoming a factor of increasing importance both to local and more distant great powers: Pakistan, India, Iran, China and the US.

Where the implications of war and peace are open to question, the possibility of change depends more on politics than economics.

This book asks whether the region's great powers can overcome opposing interests and commit to political restraint.