GEOPOLITICS OF CENTRAL ASIA AND SOUTH ASIA

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This course will focus on the geographic area of Central Asia-South Asia (CASA) and provide students with opportunity to understand the dynamics that made this region a traditional contest area between regional and global powers for centuries. Central Asia-South Asia region is home to successful democracies, a monarchy, and dictatorships. This course is designed to help students analytically assess the geopolitical variables concerning the CASA region and the players involved. Post 9/11 developments in Afghanistan have brought the whole region once again to the forefront of geopolitical struggle between global and regional players, thus reigniting the struggle of the New Great Game in the region. These multiple elements of regional, development, stability and instability will be discussed in in this course.