Publications
COSATT 2012
Building Bridges in South Asia I
This year's first meeting of the Consortium of South Asian Think Tanks in April 2012 in Kathmandu addressed the motto of the 17th SAARC Summit "Building Bridges". Members of the Think Tank network, wghich is supported by the Regional Programme SAARC of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung and experts form all eight countries of the SAARC region discussed possibilities to strengthen physical, emotional and economic linkages in South Asia. For a detailed conference report please click on the PDF file below. more…
Armed Conflicts in South Asia 2012
The conference "Armed COnflicts in South Asia 2012", jointly organized by the Regional Programme SAARC of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung and the Institute of PEace and Conflict Studies (IPCS), looks at the state of conflicts in Afgnaistan, Pakistan and Myanmar as well as in the Northeat of India, at the conflict with the Naxalites, Jammu and Kashmir and the post-conflict developments in Nepal and Sri Lanka. more…
Policy Recommendations for Energy and Environmental Security
A Cooperative Approach in South Asia
The policy recommendations "Energy and Environmental Security in South Asia: A Cooperative Approach" are the result of a consultation process within the Consortium of South Asian Think Tanks (COSATT) about the essential aspects of the publication "Energy and Environmental Security: A Cooperative Approach in South Asia", which was released 12 October 2011 in the Maldives. They were released just before the 17th SAARC Summit at the Maldives in Sri Lanka, Nepal and India. more…
Energy and Environmental Security
A Cooperative Approach In South Asia
The book "Energy and Environmental Security: A Cooperative Approach In South Asia", edited by COSATT and the Regional Programme SAARC of KAS provides six country- and three regional-specific chapters about the most pressing challenges and opportunities for environment, climate and energy in South Asia. more…
Nepal´s National Interests I-IV
Foreign Policy, Internal Security, Federalism, Energy-Economy
CSAS and KAS have launched the Nepal´s National Interests Project (NIP) in order to discuss the most fundamental areas of challenges for the young democracy of Nepal. In this book the findings of the first four NIP-events have been summarized to reflect the discussions on the topics of Foreign Policy, Internal Security, Federalism and the Energy-Economy-sector. more…
