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Background
Paper
Human
Freedoms: The South Asian Problematic
Dr. Vishvanath A. Pai Panandiker & Dr. Rahul Tripathi
Working
Group Papers
Challenges
to Democratisation: Perspectives of Structural Malgovernance
in Bangladesh
Dr. Sumaiya Khair (Bangladesh)
Transforming
India's Democracy through Empowerment of Civil Society:
Potential and Limits
Dr. Amit Dholakia (India)
Human
Security: A Country Paper on Pakistan
Ms. Foqia Khan (Pakistan)
India:
Security Challenges and Response
Dr. Rajesh Basrur (India)
Regional
Cooperation in South Asia
Ms. Nausheen Wasi (Pakistan)
Papers on
South Asia
1. Democracy
Contained- Saroj Giri
King Gyanendra's proclamation of the restoration of
the old parliament in Nepal is a ploy to stifle the
process of free and autonomous self-reconstitution
of Nepalese society. The political parties should
have rejected this proclamation and carried forward
the republican spirit of the pro-democracy movement.
(Source:- Economic and Political Weekly at
www.epw.org.in)
2.
Internationalisation of Sri Lanka`s Peace Process
and Governance (pdf)- Cenan Pirani & Ahilan Kadirgamar
How do the Strategic
Conflict Assessments conceptualise challenges to the
peace process in Sri Lanka, the political trajectory
of the LTTE, and central causes of the conflict and
flawed governance? (Source:- Economic and
Political Weekly at www.epw.org.in)
3.
Maoists
in India (pdf) - Gautam Navlakha
To advocate seizure
of power and to work to change the world is a legitimate
project. Whether this should be through an armed struggle,
peaceful means or a fusion of all is an open question.
But to advocate as an absolute must the disarming
of people concedes to the government the right to
a monopoly over violence (Source:- Economic
and Political Weekly at www.epw.org.in)
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