Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Adluri Subramanyam Raju –

Part 1. Emerging trends in South Asia

1. Visualizing a new South Asia / Mahendra P. Lama

2. Challenges and opportunities in South Asia / Mahesh Bhatta

3. Geopolitical conflagration in South Asia biased to geographical primacy and historical legacy / Y. Yagama Reddy

4. SAARC needs China or China needs SAARC? / Praveen Tiwari and Rashmi Mahat

5. Bilateralism in South Asia : future scenario / Adluri Subramanyam Raju

Part 2. Democracy in South Asia

6. South Asia in future : democratization and the politics of transformation / Shibashis Chatterjee

7. Globalization, radicalization and South Asia : bringing people in / Amena Mohsin

8. Challenges to democratisation process in South Asia : looking at the future / Smruti S. Pattanaik

9. Perception building in India-Pakistan relations : the media's agenda / Ramakrishnan Ramani

Part 3. Economic cooperation in South Asia

10. Re-energizing economic cooperation through regional aid for trade : lessons from Europe / Kithmina V. Hewage

11. Common currency in South Asia : an optimalist assessment / Rahul Tripathi

12. Regional imbalances and implications for South Asian economic integration / G. Jayachandra Reddy

Part 4. Connectivity in South Asia

13. Transport connectivity in South Asian sub-region : emerging trends, opportunities and challenges / Indranath Mukherji

14. Linkages between electricity consumption and economic growth: evidences from South Asian economies / Kamal Raj Dhungel

15. Connectivity between India and Sri Lanka : a model for South Asia / N. Manoharan