This pioneering book, now thoroughly updated to incorporate important research, explains
the causes of war through a sustained combination of theoretical insights and detailed case …

This book deals with two significant issues: the peculiar and paradoxical question of why
regular armies, better suited to fighting conventional high-intensity wars, adopt inappropriate …

Realism has long been criticized by global IR, but the former can contribute to the latter and
thereby improve explanations of international relations. Global IR criticizes that realism …

The article seeks to do an audit of the state of International Relations theory (IRT) in India. It
examines three facets of IRT in this connection. The first relates to the possibility of a …

This book examines India's relationship with Iran since the post-World War II period and its
unique search for meaningful bilateral ties in the West Asian region in the context of the …

The India–Pakistan conflict, one of the oldest unresolved interstate conflicts in the world,
began in 1947 and has shown no signs of abating. Both realist and constructivist …

The balance of power in South Asia is tenuous. Neighbouring states with nuclear arsenal
pose a serious threat in times of conflict and the danger of escalation into a nuclear …

Names: Ganguly, Šumit, editor.| O'Donnell, Frank, 1985-editor. Title: Routledge handbook of
the international relations of South Asia/edited by Šumit Ganguly and Frank O'Donnell …

This article deals with the overtly unspoken political role of the South Asian Association for
Regional Cooperation. It elucidates, first how SAARC has bridged its institutional …

On the face of it, South Asia appears to vindicate the Hobbesian image of international
relations that is a central component of many rationalist/realist analyses and theories …