| South Asia has always remained sensitive and attractive discourse to the academicians and scholars of international relations and politics. Four major wars and other severe internal problems, provoked and promoted by immediate neighboring countries and great powers of the globe have the region significant in the world As Bill Clinton described South Asia as the most dangerous place on the earth. Geographically, South Asia consists of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Maldives. The traditional Indian sub-continent included Afghanistan and Burma also as a part of South Asia, as this identity of South Asia has not been accepted as Afghanistan has more contacts and links in Central Asia but as Afghanistan had joined SAARC, She can be considered one of the parts of South Asia. As far as Burma's links with East Asia states and her closer ties in that region has discontinued her linkage with South Asian region. |