Outputs (21)

South Asian Regionalism: The Limits of Cooperation (2020)
Book
Chakma, B. (2020). South Asian Regionalism: The Limits of Cooperation. Bristol University Press

The book traces the origins and evolution of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation and explores what it tells us about the dynamics of regionalism in regional international relations. Through the perspectives of neorealism, institution... Read More about South Asian Regionalism: The Limits of Cooperation.

The BRI and Sino-Indian geo-economic competition in Bangladesh: Coping strategy of a small state (2019)
Journal Article
Chakma, B. (2019). The BRI and Sino-Indian geo-economic competition in Bangladesh: Coping strategy of a small state. Strategic Analysis, 43(3), 227-239. https://doi.org/10.1080/09700161.2019.1599567

This article explains the Sino-Indian geo-economic competition in Bangladesh in the wake of the former’s launching of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in 2013. Beijing intends to fund various large-scale infrastructure projects in Bangladesh under... Read More about The BRI and Sino-Indian geo-economic competition in Bangladesh: Coping strategy of a small state.

Security Perceptions and Practices of the Indigenous People of the Chittagong Hills Tracts in Bangladesh (2019)
Journal Article
Chakma, B. (2019). Security Perceptions and Practices of the Indigenous People of the Chittagong Hills Tracts in Bangladesh. International Quarterly for Asian Studies, 49(1-2), 83-104. https://doi.org/10.11588/iqas.2018.1-2.8704

This paper explains the security perceptions and practices of the indigenous peoples of the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) in Bangladesh. In doing so, it adopts an interpretive ethnographic approach in which it posits, based on fieldwork experiences an... Read More about Security Perceptions and Practices of the Indigenous People of the Chittagong Hills Tracts in Bangladesh.

SAARC and region-building: is South Asia a region? (2018)
Journal Article
Chakma, B. (2018). SAARC and region-building: is South Asia a region?. Journal of the Indian Ocean Region, 14(2), 189-205. https://doi.org/10.1080/19480881.2018.1478272

'Region' is a contested concept. Although scholars have extensively debated the issue, there is no consensus on the definition of region. While some scholars emphasise geographic proximity as a key factor, others put importance to cognitive and ideat... Read More about SAARC and region-building: is South Asia a region?.

Democratic transition and Pakistan’s nuclear weapons (2015)
Book Chapter
Chakma, B. (2015). Democratic transition and Pakistan’s nuclear weapons. In S. Gregory (Ed.), Democratic transition and security in Pakistan (234-251). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315730813

This chapter examines whether the recent trend of democratisation in Pakistan has made an impact on the country's nuclear policy against the background that traditionally the military has dominated the country's nuclear programme. The democratic tran... Read More about Democratic transition and Pakistan’s nuclear weapons.

Sheikh Hasina Government’s India policy: a three-level game? (2015)
Journal Article
Chakma, B. (2015). Sheikh Hasina Government’s India policy: a three-level game?. Journal of Asian security and international affairs, 2(1), 27-51. https://doi.org/10.1177/2347797014565291

This article seeks to analyze the sources of the Sheikh Hasina government’s India-positive foreign policy approach from theoretical and empirical standpoints. Theoretically, it engages three broad schools of thought and their competing claims about s... Read More about Sheikh Hasina Government’s India policy: a three-level game?.

South Asia's nuclear security (2015)
Book
Chakma, B. (2015). South Asia's nuclear security. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315742694

South Asia is often viewed as a potential nuclear flashpoint and a probable source of nuclear terrorism. But, how valid are such perceptions? This book seeks to address this question and assesses the region’s nuclear security from two principal stand... Read More about South Asia's nuclear security.

Liberal peace and South Asia (2014)
Journal Article
Chakma, B. (2014). Liberal peace and South Asia. India quarterly, 70(3), 187-205. https://doi.org/10.1177/0974928414535290

Following the end of the Cold War, South Asia has been in transition in a number of ways. Based on the Kantian tripod of democracy, economic interdependence and institution, this article assesses whether liberal peace has taken root in South Asia. It... Read More about Liberal peace and South Asia.

Escalation Control, Deterrence Diplomacy and America's Role in South Asia's Nuclear Crises (2012)
Journal Article
Chakma, B. (2012). Escalation Control, Deterrence Diplomacy and America's Role in South Asia's Nuclear Crises. Contemporary Security Policy, 33(3), 554-576. https://doi.org/10.1080/13523260.2012.727684

This article assesses the significance of American diplomatic intervention in the de-escalation of two South Asian nuclear crises - the 1999 Kargil conflict and the 2001-2002 military stand-off. The American role in those crises is often referred to... Read More about Escalation Control, Deterrence Diplomacy and America's Role in South Asia's Nuclear Crises.

Pakistan: The Politics of Nuclear Force Building (2012)
Book Chapter
Chakma, B. (2012). Pakistan: The Politics of Nuclear Force Building. In Handbook of Nuclear Proliferation (161 - 172). Routledge