Securing Peace in South Asia amid the

A Perspective on Peace and Economic Cooperation in South Asia

Security Challenges in South Asia

Former President Bill Clinton described South Asia as the most dangerous place on earth. We in Pakistan agree with this characterization. It is indeed ironic that the extremely enterprising and hard working people of South Asia, who have achieved such success in their endeavors abroad, have been unable to resolve their mutual differences in order to harness the immense economic potential of the...

India versus Pakistan and the power of a six: an analysis of cricket results.

To paraphrase CLR James, “What do they know of South Asia who do not cricket know?” George Orwell described sport as war minus the shooting. South Asian cricket has been dubbed war minus the nuclear missiles. The result of a sports match can trigger cardiac deaths, and contests between India and Pakistan have prompted shootings, riots, killings, and sudden death. Cricket has been used as an ext...

Peace vs. Accountability in Bosnia

Hovering over the peace negotiations in progress in former Yugoslavia is the international community's determination to bring to trial as war criminals those political and military leaders responsible for atrocities in Bosnia. The question clearly presented is that, however desirable the idea of war crimes accountability might appear in the abstract, pursuing the goal of a war crimes tribunal m...

On the brink of conflict: the people of South Asia deserve better.

N early two decades ago, coinciding with overt nuclear tests conducted by Pakistan and India, we highlighted in The BMJ the huge risks of beginning a nuclear race in the subcontinent1 and its massive costs.2 Today, South Asia is once again at the brink of conflict, with massive deployment of armies on the borders between Pakistan and India. Insurgency and unrest affect major regions in Kashmir,...