Futures of Borders and Geopolitics in South Asia

Amena Mohsin is Professor of International Relations at the University of Dhaka.ASM Ali Ashraf is Professor of International Relations at the University of Dhaka.Niloy Ranjan Biswas is Professor of International Relations at the University of Dhaka.Mohammad Atique Rahman is Associate Professor of International Relations at the University of Dhaka.

• Chapter 1: Introduction.- Part I: Statist Discourse and Beyond: Post-Coloniality, Border Communities, and Critical Geopolitics.- Chapter 2: Approaches to the Study of South Asian Geopolitics.- Chapter 3: ‘Securing’ Borders in Anthropocene Geopolitics: Perspectives On and From the Border Villages of Punjab.- Chapter 4: Bangladesh-India Border Haat Transaction: Where the ‘Local’, ‘National,’ and ‘International’ Converge.- Chapter 5: Transcending Borders: Interplay of Geopolitics, Geo-Economics and Geo-Cultural Dynamics in India’s Relations with its Neighbors.- Part II: Power Politics in Historical and Contemporary Perspectives: Role of Regional and Extra-Regional Actors.- Chapter 6: Behavioural Arms Control in Exclusive Economic Zones: India-Pakistan Focus.- Chapter 7: Traditional Borders and Transnational Identities: Borders, Conflicts and Afghan Society.- Chapter 8: Nepal’s Geopolitics amidst India-China Competition.- Part III: Emerging Issues: Ethnocracy, Energy Trade, and Geoeconomics.- Chapter 9: Ethnocracy, Geopolitics, and Economic Crisis in Sri Lanka.- Chapter 10: Energy Geopolitics in South Asia: Bangladesh’s Role as a Central Energy Enclave.- Chapter 11: Pakistan’s Security Discourse from Geopolitics to Geoeconomics.- Chapter 12: Studying Borders and Geopolitics in South Asia—Key Issues, Theories, and Lessons.