Reintroducing the Human Security Debate in South Asia

The general situation in jammu and kashmir has vastly improved in the recent years more than before, it is apparent today that security is multidimensional and whether it is economy, media, culture or migration, these cannot be compartmentalized and kept away from the all encompassing question of security though the security situation has vastly improved, there is more to be done and more to be said about the impact of this improved situation on the peace process that is currently taking place on two axes; the new delhi islamabad and the new delhi-srinagar axes while indo-pak discussions have been very quiet and conducted mainly through back channels, the other is in the full light of day and its is a subject of all the contrary pulls of a democratic environment this programme is a part of the latter approach with full participation of the rich array of civil society in srinagar about author : maj gen (retd) dipankar banerjee is the director of institute of peace and conflict studies, new delhi he has commanded troops from a platoon to a division in counter-insurgency operations in jammu & kashmir (j&k), for which he was awarded the exceptional distinguished services medal simultaneously, he pursued an academic and research carer in national security and strategic studies and later headed various prestigious institutes in india and the region mallika joseph is presently assistant director at ipcs and has been working on various issues relating to south asian security she has co-authored three books on small arms, landmines and imrpovised explosive devices, and co-edited books on terrorism, refugees, and human security her areas of interests include human security, security sector reforms, international terrorism, military security, left extremisms, improvised explosive devices, smal arms and light weapons contents : acknowledgement preface introduction peace proces