Bringing together scholarship from several South Asian countries, this volume discusses conflict resolution and cooperation building in the region. The essays cover three inter-related issues--security; political economy-domestic politics; and the construction of identities and normative frameworks. They employ broader social-science theorizing, particularly in relation to political economy, to go beyond conceptualizations based on international relations theory. International Relations Theory and South Asia, Volume 2 takes a fresh look at the inter-relationships between issues and their analyses and eschews stand-alone topics such as Kashmir, nuclear policies, or regional cooperation. Combining theory with fieldwork, the book provides diverse perspectives and arguments for a more nuanced picture of international relations in South Asia.

Introduction: International Relations Theory and South Asian Regional Cooperation: Security, Political Economy, Domestic Politics, Identities, and Images, E. Sridharan Part One: South Asian Security and International Relations Theory 1. Structural Realism and South Asian Security: Theory and Practice, Shibashis Chatterjee 2. Economic Cooperation and Security Theory: India and Pakistan, E. Sridharan 3. Nuclear Deterrence Thinking in Pakistan, Rajesh M. Basrur 4. American Foreign Policy and South Asian Security: A Decision-Making Approach, K.P. Vijayalakshmi Part Two: Domestic Politics, Political Economy, and Relations between States in South Asia 5. Unpacking 'National Interest' and 'Foreign Policy': The Interplay of Domestic Factors and Systemic Constraints in South Asia, Mohammed Ayoob 6. Perceptions, State Policy, and Community Sentiment across National Borders: Pakistani Attitudes towards Indian Muslims, Mohammed Waseem 7. International Relations Theory and the Political Economy of Trade: India and Pakistan, S. Akbar Zaidi 8. Gains from Trade and Structural Impediments to India-Pakistan Trade, Asad Sayeed 9. The Hindutva Worldview and South Asia: Orders, Borders and Others, Sanjay Chaturvedi Part Three: The Construction of Images, Identities, Worldviews and Normative Frameworks 10. Deconstruction and Double Reading of the South Asian Security Order, Shibashis Chatterjee 11. Normative Politics of Regime Formation: Human Rights in the South Asian Context, Siddharth Mallavarapu 12. A Conspicuous Absence: Social Science Teaching and Research on India in Pakistan, S. Akbar Zaidi 13. Hybridity, Imaginations and Diasporic Otherness: Challenge for IR Theory, Sanjay Chaturvedi Notes on Contributors