Prof. Archana Upadhyay's lecture “South Asian Security: Issues and Challenges”

On October 6, professor Archana Upadhyay from School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi is visiting Tallinn University to give a lecture on the topic “South Asian Security: Issues and Challenges”.

Her lecture takes place at Tallinn University Astra Building, room A-007 on Thursday, October 6 at 14.15-15.45. The lecture will be delivered in the framework of Asian Studies graduate course given by Katja Koort. 

South Asian Security: Issues and Challenges

The South Asia region comprising of eight states of different sizes and capabilities is marked by high levels of insecurity at the inter-state, intra-state, and human level. These insecurities have manifested as both traditional and non-traditional security challenges. Transnational terrorism fuelled by militant religious ideologies and nuclear issues particularly stand out in the context of our understanding of South Asian insecurities. The problems in the region are primarily driven by two critical variables: the presence of weak states and weak cooperative interstate norms. A comprehensive regional security framework is a pressing requirement to adequately deal with security challenges confronting the region. However, given the trust deficit among the countries of the region, it is not an easy task.

Brief Bio:

Archana Upadhyay is a Professor in the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. Her research interests include international relations with special focus on South Asian and Eurasian issues, political violence, insurgency and terrorism. She has authored the book India’s Fragile Borderlands: The Dynamics of Terrorism in North East India (I.B. Taurus). Her other publications include Multi-party System in the Russian Federation: Problems and Prospects and a co-authored monograph on Human Rights.