India's external environment and threat perceptions / G.P. Ramachandra -- Nuclear proliferation challenges and asymmetric conflicts in South Asia / W. Lawrence S. Prabhakar -- Developing a cogent vision for peace in South Asia / Maqbool Ahmed Siraj -- China's South Asian strategy in the 21st century / Joseph Antony -- Islam and governance interplay : the Pakistan experience / Sayed Abdul Muneem Pasha -- Concords and discords in Indo-Australia relations / Josukutty C.A. -- China's growing influence in South Asia and India's response / S.Y. Surendra Kumar -- Emerging Indo-US equations / Venkat Lokanathan -- China's involvement in South Asia and India's concerns / Anil Kumar P. -- India and Pakistan in Afghanistan / Khursheed Ahmad Wani -- Search for public sphere in the radicalised Pakistan / Shibu M.P. -- India's role in South Asia / Shyna V.V. -- Af-Pak region : a major challenge to peace in South Asia / Yaqoob Ul Hassan.