The Futures of Borders and Geopolitics in South Asia

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.

Adds value to the literature on borders and geopolitics by unveiling contested meanings and typology of borders Focuses on land borders, landlocked states, maritime borders, and the colonial legacies of these borders Showcases theoretical and methodological diversity with complex issues of borders, territoriality, and geopolitics

Auteur

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.

Contenu

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 AsiaKey Issues, Theories, and Lessons.