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The work focuses on the Persian Gulf and South Asian States (PGSAS), including Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, and The Gulf Cooperation Council States. Recognized as the site for the rise of radical Islam, terrorism, inter-state wars, nuclear proliferation, and civil wars, the region has become a threat to global security. Yet, there still lacks an grand strategy to build a regional security community in the region, which should be treated as a political unit in need of stable and interdependent alliance. After discussing the concept of security community, the authors investigate the role of international institutions and U.S. policies in the (in)security of the region. It argues that the U.S. should invest in creating a security community in the region as it did in post War Europe, concluding that this would be a feasible and practical solution to current insecurity not only in the region but also in the world. Contributed by experts, this timely work will appeal to anyone studying issues of international security as well as the politics of South Asia and the Gulf States.
Contents
Preface 1. Introduction Majid Sharifi Security Communityand evolution Survey of current literature and scholarship Security Community in the current context of the book 2. Internalizing Security: Contemporary European Security Processes and Scholarship Kristen Edquist European Security Processes Prior to the End of Cold War What comprises European Security processes today? 3. United States Economic and Security Policy towards South Asia Vandana Asthana Understanding Security Community in South Asia Security Policies during Cold War Post-Cold War Polities Practices and Social Programs as Security Practices Measures for Changing Behavior 4. A Regime of Insecurity: Killing the "Bad" Guys and Implementing Good Policies Majid Sharifi The Making of an Insecurity Community in the PGSAS Policies, Practices, and Meanings Associated with the Insecurity Regime in PGSAS The Dismantling of the regime of insecurity Toward the Construction of a Security Community Significance of positively understood transactional communication 5. Resource Security and Insecurity and Security Community Ashok Shukla Theoretical Premise: An Overview Water and Energy Scenario Politics of Water and Energy Future of Security and Insecurity: Constructing Security Community in South Asia 6. Conclusion Majid Sharifi
