Šumit Ganguly is a Distinguished Professor of Political Science and holds the Tagore Chair in Indian Cultures and Civilizations at Indiana University, Bloomington. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Dinshaw Mistry is Professor of Political Science and Asian Studies at the University of Cincinnati.

Preface

 one
U.S. Foreign Policy and Security and Governance in South Asia
DINSHAW MISTRY

two
Pakistan, India, and U.S. Strategic Interests
DINSHAW MISTRY

three
Security Issues in Sino-Indian Relations
ŠUMIT GANGULY

four
Governance Challenges: Legitimacy and Citizenship in China and India
EDWARD KOLODZIEJ

five
Cooperation and Defection Cycles in India-Pakistan Relations
KANTI BAJPAI

six
Nuclear Stability in South Asia
DINSHAW MISTRY

seven
Building Up the Indian Air Force
AMIT GUPTA

eight
Pakistan’s Political Culture and Its Implications for Democracy
MARVIN G. WEINBAUM

nine
Baloch Nationalism and the Garrison State in Pakistan
KAVITA R. KHORY

ten
Internal Security Threats in Nepal, Bangladesh, Maldives, and Other Cases: Learning from Comparative Responses
CHETAN KUMAR

Contributors
Index

‘In this valuable collection, a group of leading scholars analyze some of the central security challenges facing South Asia. They address longstanding issues such as conventional and nuclear forces, and Sino-Indian and India-Pakistan relations, as well as problems related to political culture, democracy, and internal security, which have previously been underexplored.’

S. Paul Kapur, Professor, Department of National Security Affairs, U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California

‘Blending academic insight with policy relevance, these chapters explore a host of critical governance and security challenges facing contemporary South Asia that have clear implications for U.S. foreign policy.’

Walter Ladwig III, Senior Lecturer in International Relations, King’s College, London

[This book dedicated to Stephen P. Cohen] ‘bears the hallmarks of the characteristic sympathy and penetrating analysis that distinguished his own work during his lifetime. The essays in this volume illuminate the diverse security predicaments that bedevil the various South Asian states in ways that are deeply insightful for both scholars and policy practitioners alike.’

Ashley J. Tellis, Tata Chair for Strategic Affairs, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.