This book examines in the context of South Asia, four inter related dimensions that constitute the central policy challenges of our time: consolidating democracy, confronting violent extremism, overcoming mass poverty, and addressing the challenge of climate change. These dimensions are explored...

South Asia has the possibility of leading the world in addressing the global challenges of poverty, peace and environmental degradation, and in the development of human civilisation in the twenty-first century. In order to do this, the rich cultural traditions of the societies of the region have...