Geo-politicsofSouthAsia.docVIP

Geo-politics of South Asia Fall 2012 Tuesdays Instructor: Ambassador (Rtd) Touqir Hussain Course description South Asia has changed and so has basis of U.S. and other big powers’ relations with it The currents of change, spawned by the end of the Cold War, globalization, the region’s nuclearization, resurgence of China and the emerging shift in the balance of power in Asia, the rise of religious extremism and war on terrorism, have been flowing in varying directions presenting new threats, challenges and oppo