Interstate Conflicts in South Asia

Abstract

Asia, the largest continent of the world with around 40 countries and most populated continent with around 4.6 billion people. The more the people the more the quarrel, this best suit for the Asia. If we call Asia the hub of conflicts, so it won’t be wrong. Specially the South Asia which includes Bhutan, Nepal, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri-Lanka, the Maldives and the new regional member Afghanistan. Mostly conflicts of South Asia revolve around the water dispute and the dispute on the status of shared borders. Water conflicts exist inside and between states all over the world, particularly in areas where water demand is high due to population growth and development requirements. According to European Commission report all the countries of South Asia except Bhutan and Maldives are fragile with the average stability which is going below to the global average. The research is a qualitative analysis of the published information and facts and mainly the second hand research sources are utilized in this research.