06039nam a22005775i 4500 978-981-97-6595-9 DE-He213 20251030113319.0 cr nn 008mamaa 241119s2024 si | s |||| 0|eng d 9789819765959 978-981-97-6595-9 10.1007/978-981-97-6595-9 doi JZ2-6530 JPS bicssc POL011000 bisacsh JPS thema The Futures of Borders and Geopolitics in South Asia [electronic resource] : Beyond a Statist Discourse / edited by Amena Mohsin, ASM Ali Ashraf, Niloy Ranjan Biswas, Mohammad Atique Rahman. 1st ed. 2024. Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2024. XV, 303 p. 27 illus., 25 illus. in color. online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Global Political Transitions, 2522-8749 Chapter 1: Introduction -- Part I: Statist Discourse and Beyond: Post-Coloniality, Border Communities, and Critical Geopolitics -- Chapter 2: Approaches to the Study of South Asian Geopolitics -- Chapter 3: ‘Securing’ Borders in Anthropocene Geopolitics: Perspectives On and From the Border Villages of Punjab -- Chapter 4: Bangladesh-India Border Haat Transaction: Where the ‘Local’, ‘National,’ and ‘International’ Converge -- Chapter 5: Transcending Borders: Interplay of Geopolitics, Geo-Economics and Geo-Cultural Dynamics in India’s Relations with its Neighbors -- Part II: Power Politics in Historical and Contemporary Perspectives: Role of Regional and Extra-Regional Actors -- Chapter 6: Behavioural Arms Control in Exclusive Economic Zones: India-Pakistan Focus -- Chapter 7: Traditional Borders and Transnational Identities: Borders, Conflicts and Afghan Society -- Chapter 8: Nepal’s Geopolitics amidst India-China Competition -- Part III: Emerging Issues: Ethnocracy, Energy Trade, and Geoeconomics -- Chapter 9: Ethnocracy, Geopolitics, and Economic Crisis in Sri Lanka -- Chapter 10: Energy Geopolitics in South Asia: Bangladesh’s Role as a Central Energy Enclave -- Chapter 11: Pakistan’s Security Discourse from Geopolitics to Geoeconomics -- Chapter 12: Studying Borders and Geopolitics in South Asia—Key Issues, Theories, and Lessons. "This is a fascinating study of the durability as well as the porousness of borders across the post-colonial states of South Asia. Each of the case studies in this volume is well-researched, imaginative, and insightful. Also, the sheer range of topics covered in this volume is most impressive." --Sumit Ganguly, Distinguished Research Fellow, the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, United States This book is compelling because it has a triple aim. First, it seeks to strengthen a regional epistemic community in South Asia, one of the least integrated regions in the world in terms of political, economic, and scholarly cooperation. Second, it advocates a focus on border perspectives to overcome the limitations of state-centred approaches in geopolitics and international relations. And third, it offers ideas for constructive policy dialogues across these fractured lands. Bringing together cases from six South Asian countries (a rare feat), it initiates an urgently needed conversation about more hopeful South Asian futures. --Willem van Schendel, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands This book offers a theory-driven and evidence-based approach to the study of South Asian borders and geopolitics. In the book, readers will be particularly interested to see the multiple meanings of borders and territoriality and their effects on border communities. The analyses found within chapters show how the statist and territorialist definitions of border and geopolitics have given way to the rise of liberal, humane, and gendered definitions of borders and geopolitics. Individual chapters in this volume employ a wide variety of qualitative research methods, with some adopting a mixed method approach by combining quantitative and qualitative data. The book would be a useful reference to academics and practitioners with a regional interest in South Asia. Amena Mohsin is Professor of International Relations at the University of Dhaka. ASM Ali Ashraf is Professor of International Relations at the University of Dhaka. Niloy Ranjan Biswas is Professor of International Relations at the University of Dhaka. Mohammad Atique Rahman is Associate Professor of International Relations at the University of Dhaka. International relations. 58103 International economic relations. 58104 Security, International. 58210 International Relations. 58103 International Economics. 57966 International Security Studies. 69560 Mohsin, Amena. editor. edt http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt 87736 Ashraf, ASM Ali. editor. edt http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt 87737 Biswas, Niloy Ranjan. editor. edt http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt 87738 Rahman, Mohammad Atique. editor. edt http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt 87739 SpringerLink (Online service) Springer Nature eBook Printed edition: 9789819765942 Printed edition: 9789819765966 Printed edition: 9789819765973 Global Political Transitions, 2522-8749 69548 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-6595-9 ZDB-2-POS ZDB-2-SXPI 65060 65060