Sumit Ganguly is the Rabindranath Tagore Professor of Indian cultures and civilizations and professor of political science at Indiana University, Bloomington. A contributing editor to Current History, his most recent books include Fearful Symmetry: India and Pakistan in the Shadow of Nuclear Weapons and Conflict Unending: India-Pakistan Tensions Since 1947.

• PrefaceBill Finan Editor,Current HistoryIntroduction Sumit GangulyPart I: Nuclear Weapons and Regional Security1. India: The Nuclear Politics of Self-Esteem 2. The (Nuclear) Testing of Pakistan 3. Toward Nuclear Rollback in South AsiaPart II: Ethnic Con?ict and Violence4. Afghanistan's Civil War 5. The Kashmir Con?ict 6. An Opportunity for Peace in Kashmir? 7.Sri Lanka's Civil War 8. Making Peace in Sri Lanka 9. Why Peace Won't Come to Kashmir 10. Rebuilding Afghanistan 11. A Blueprint for Afghanistan Part III: Economic Liberalization12. India's Economic Liberalization: The Elephant Comes of Age 13. Reforming India's Economy in an Era of Global Change 14. India's Economic Liberalization: A Progress Report Part IV: Democratization15. Bangladesh: Can Democracy Survive? 16. Pakistan at Fifty: A Tenuous Democracy 17. India's Vision-and the BJP's 18. Pakistan's Coup: Planting the Seeds of Democracy?Chronology of Recent Events About the Contributors

Sumit Ganguly is the Rabindranath Tagore Professor of Indian cultures and civilizations and professor of political science at Indiana University, Bloomington. A contributing editor to Current History, his most recent books include Fearful Symmetry: India and Pakistan in the Shadow of Nuclear Weapons and Conflict Unending: India-Pakistan Tensions Since 1947.

• PrefaceBill Finan Editor,Current HistoryIntroduction Sumit GangulyPart I: Nuclear Weapons and Regional Security1. India: The Nuclear Politics of Self-Esteem 2. The (Nuclear) Testing of Pakistan 3. Toward Nuclear Rollback in South AsiaPart II: Ethnic Con?ict and Violence4. Afghanistan's Civil War 5. The Kashmir Con?ict 6. An Opportunity for Peace in Kashmir? 7.Sri Lanka's Civil War 8. Making Peace in Sri Lanka 9. Why Peace Won't Come to Kashmir 10. Rebuilding Afghanistan 11. A Blueprint for Afghanistan Part III: Economic Liberalization12. India's Economic Liberalization: The Elephant Comes of Age 13. Reforming India's Economy in an Era of Global Change 14. India's Economic Liberalization: A Progress Report Part IV: Democratization15. Bangladesh: Can Democracy Survive? 16. Pakistan at Fifty: A Tenuous Democracy 17. India's Vision-and the BJP's 18. Pakistan's Coup: Planting the Seeds of Democracy?Chronology of Recent Events About the Contributors

Sumit Ganguly is the Rabindranath Tagore Professor of Indian cultures and civilizations and professor of political science at Indiana University, Bloomington. A contributing editor to Current History, his most recent books include Fearful Symmetry: India and Pakistan in the Shadow of Nuclear Weapons and Conflict Unending: India-Pakistan Tensions Since 1947.

• PrefaceBill Finan Editor,Current HistoryIntroduction Sumit GangulyPart I: Nuclear Weapons and Regional Security1. India: The Nuclear Politics of Self-Esteem 2. The (Nuclear) Testing of Pakistan 3. Toward Nuclear Rollback in South AsiaPart II: Ethnic Con?ict and Violence4. Afghanistan's Civil War 5. The Kashmir Con?ict 6. An Opportunity for Peace in Kashmir? 7.Sri Lanka's Civil War 8. Making Peace in Sri Lanka 9. Why Peace Won't Come to Kashmir 10. Rebuilding Afghanistan 11. A Blueprint for Afghanistan Part III: Economic Liberalization12. India's Economic Liberalization: The Elephant Comes of Age 13. Reforming India's Economy in an Era of Global Change 14. India's Economic Liberalization: A Progress Report Part IV: Democratization15. Bangladesh: Can Democracy Survive? 16. Pakistan at Fifty: A Tenuous Democracy 17. India's Vision-and the BJP's 18. Pakistan's Coup: Planting the Seeds of Democracy?Chronology of Recent Events About the Contributors