Intelligence Services in South Asia
eBook - ePub

Intelligence Services in South Asia

Colonial Past and Post-Colonial Realities

  1. 256 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Intelligence Services in South Asia

Colonial Past and Post-Colonial Realities

About this book

This book explores colonial and post-colonial intelligence services in South Asia. It traces the genealogy of the institutions to analyze changes and continuities throughout the region.

The volume also provides a framework for analyzing how intelligence services developed in these countries by looking at both internal and external issues, and shows how vital and sometimes interconnected these issues are for understanding intelligence in South Asia. It demonstrates how some countries and intelligence services borrowed from the colonial era and others started new institutions to protect national security in response to the shifting demands of the Cold War and post-Cold War era. Bringing together a group of international scholars, the anthology delves into the intelligence services of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka and traces how these national services developed in similar and diverse ways.

This book will be of much interest to students of intelligence studies, Asian politics, security studies and International Relations.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Endorsement Page
  3. Half Title
  4. Series Page
  5. Title Page
  6. Copyright Page
  7. Table of Contents
  8. List of figure
  9. List of contributors
  10. Acknowledgments
  11. Introduction
  12. 1 Afghanistan: Besieged from Without and Within
  13. 2 Bangladesh: In Search of an Analytical Culture
  14. 3 Bhutan: A Historical Analysis of National Security and Neighborhood Diplomacy
  15. 4 India: Intelligence Changes and Continuities
  16. 5 The Maldives: Intelligence as a Weapon for Power Consolidation, Then and Now
  17. 6 Myanmar: The Development of an Intelligence State
  18. 7 Nepal: Intelligence Response to Insurgent Challenge
  19. 8 Pakistan: In Defense of Its Ideological Frontiers
  20. 9 Sri Lanka: Intelligence Transformation during Colonialism, Civil War and Jihad
  21. 10 Intelligence Oversight in South Asia: Explaining Variations in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh
  22. 11 Conclusion: South Asian Intelligence Issues, Factors and Attributes
  23. Index