Lt Gen (Retd) V R Raghavan is President, Centre for Security Analysis, Chennai, India. He is a member of India's National Security Advisory Board. He was also a member of the Task Force set up by the Government of India to review National Security. The General was an elected member of the Council of United Services Institution of India and was Council Member, International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), London.

• Introduction by Geeta MadhavanKashmir Retold: Towards A South Asian Peace by B G VergheseMultiple Identity Politics in J & K by Rekha ChowdharyChanging Contours of Armed Violence in Northeast India by Nani Gopal MahantaIndia's Northeast: The Post 'Pacification' Era by Samir Kumar DasChanging Patterns of Nepali Ethnic Movement by Uddhab PyakurelNepal's Armed Conflict - A Narrative of Political Mismanagement by Chiran Jung ThapaEthnicity in Post-war Sri Lanka by Kalinga Tudor SilvaSri Lanka's Ethnic Conflict: Role of the State by Jayadeva UyangodaEthnic Conflicts: Burma by Lian H. Sakhong