Track-Two Diplomacy in South Asia (Second Edition)
Last updated: November 5, 2008
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Sundeep Waslekar
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Published by Program in Arms Control, Disarmament, and International Security (ACDIS), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
ACDIS Occasional Paper series
October 1995
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Summary
This paper profiles the evolution and current operation of track-two diplomacy in South Asia. The first section defines its scope and focuses on action-related work and exclude purely academic research on regional issues; grass-roots work by well meaning citizens is not covered unless it has implications for public opinion or public policy. The second section discusses economic cooperation diplomacy that dominated the early period of regional track-two dialogue and is followed by a discussion of the recent shift in emphasis from cooperation to conflict resolution and profiles some current initiatives. The final section assesses the strengths and weaknesses of track-two diplomacy in South Asia. The appendices provide a chronology of South Asian conflict, a listing of all known track-two and related efforts, and some contact addresses.
