South Asia's weak states understanding the regional insecurity predicament (Stanford Security Studies, 2010)
Includes bibliographical references and index
State capacity and South Asia's perennial insecurity problems / T. V. Paul -- State failure and states poised to fail : South Asia and developing nations / Robert I. Rotberg -- State formation, consolidation, and the security challenge : exploring the causes of state incapacity in South Asia / Matthew Lange -- State, nations, and the regional security order of South Asia / Benjamin Miller -- Economic globalization and state capacity in South Asia / Baldev Raj Nayar -- Symbiosis and fracture : civil society and weak states in South Asia / Mustapha Kamal Pasha -- Polity, security, and foreign policy in contemporary India / David Malone and Rohan Mukherjee -- Weak state, failed state, garrison state : the Pakistan saga / Lawrence Ziring -- Afghanistan : a weak state in the path of power rivalries / Rasul Bakhsh Rais -- Sri Lanka : challenges in state consolidation and minority integration / Sankaran Krishna -- Bangladesh : "a weak state" with multiple security challenges / Ali Riaz -- Rebellion and state formation in Nepal : implications for South Asian security / Maya Chadda -- Transforming South Asia : is a pluralistic security community feasible? / T. V. Paul and Theodore McLauchlin