South Asia
India Must Rethink Its Policies Towards Its Neighbors
For the past 63 years – the life span of most countries of this region, South Asia has remained in a state of tension. The seven SAARC countries that make up this geopolitically sensitive region, where a major chunk of the humanity lives, do not enjoy the kind of friendly and harmonious relationship with each other, as one would have expected. This despite efforts of some well meaning leaders like General Irshad, former Bangladeshi president, who tried to bring the people and the countries together on a single platform of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) on the pattern of the European Union to help develop into a major economic and political bloc.
