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Historically South Asia was hampered by several multi-layered social-economic inequalities, as well as deep political crises and armed conflicts. South Asia has not stood out as one of the great success stories when it comes to regional integration and cooperation. This is even more apparent when one compares SAARC, South Asia’s intended equivalent of the EU or ASEAN. However, past trajectories are changing and voices from within the region are increasingly demanding more engagement to achieve security, economic development and public welfare; a phenomenon which is reflected in the following analyses. In order to identify these new developments and be able to elaborate and assess them the volume has been divided into four parts:
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Wolf, S.O., Casaca, P. (2014). Introduction. In: Wolf, S., Casaca, P., Flanagan, A., Rodrigues, C. (eds) The Merits of Regional Cooperation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02234-5_1
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