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| DOI | 10.2172/1367405 |
| 报告编号 | SAND--2017-4791 |
| 来源ID | OSTI_ID: 1367405 |
| Strategic Stability in South Asia: An Indian?s Perspective. | |
| Kanwal, Gurmeet [Inst. for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi (India)] | |
| 英文摘要 | The security environment in South Asia has been marked by instability for several decades. The foremost causes of regional instability are the nuclear weapons-cum-missile development program of China, North Korea and Pakistan, the strident march of Islamist fundamentalism, the diabolical nexus between narcotics trafficking and terrorism, the proliferation of small arms and the instability inherent in the rule of despotic regimes. Instability on the Indian sub-continent is manifested, first and foremost, in the continuing conflict in Afghanistan, its tense relations with Iran and the Central Asian Republics (CARs); Pakistan鈥檚 struggle against the Taliban, the emerging fissiparous tendencies in Balochistan and Pakhtoonkhwa, the rise of Jihadi Islam and what some fear is Pakistan鈥檚 gradual slide towards becoming a 鈥榝ailed state鈥?despite some economic gains in the last five years. Also symptomatic of an unstable and uncertain security environment in the South Asian region are what some see as Sri Lanka鈥檚 inability to find a lasting solution to its internal challenges; the potential for Bangladesh鈥檚 gradual emergence as the new hub of Islamist fundamentalist terrorism and its struggle for economic upliftment to subsistence levels; the continuing negative impact of Maoist insurgency on Nepal鈥檚 fledgling democracy; the simmering discontent in Tibet and Xinjiang and what some see as a low-key uprising against China鈥檚 regime; and, the Myanmar peoples鈥?nascent movement for democracy. In all these countries, socio-economic development has been slow and, consequently, per capita income is alarmingly low. Transborder narcotics trafficking 鈥?the golden triangle lies to the east of South Asia and the golden crescent to its west 鈥?and the proliferation of small arms, make a potent cocktail. Ethnic tensions and fairly widespread radicalization, worsened by the advent of the vicious ideology of the Islamic state, add further to regional instability. |
| 出版年 | 2017 |
| 报告类型 | Technical Report |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 国家 | 美国 |
| 来源学科分类 | 98 NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT, SAFEGUARDS, AND PHYSICAL PROTECTION |
| URL | http://www.osti.gov/scitech/servlets/purl/1367405 |
| 资源类型 | 科技报告 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/271453 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Kanwal, Gurmeet [Inst. for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi . Strategic Stability in South Asia: An Indian?s Perspective.,2017. |
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