Abstract :
Peace building is the rehearsal of developing policies that strengthen the peace and re-establish
order through social, political and economic reforms. Peace building has shifted its state-centric
approach to regional focused agendas for more than a decade.South Asia is a diverse region with
a unique geo-strategic significance, socio-political subtleties, and economic diversities. It faces
distinct traditional and non-traditional challenges in the process of peace building. South Asia –
the home to one third global population faces immense challenges due to weak state structure.
The long and persistent influence of external powers in decision making process in South Asia
has impacted the political evolution of the states included in the said region. The lack of
fundamental necessities has increased the level of frustration and the sense of deprivation, which
provides a fertile ground for the prospect of conflicts. The region is often labelled as one of the
most dangerous regions on earth due to growing intolerance, extremism, terrorism, insurgencies
and rise of various nuclear powers in South Asia. Kenneth Waltz claimed that the anarchic
international system is a power that shapes the states behaviour, as the structure of the anarchic
system compels states to adopt certain policies. In this exploratory research, an effort has been
made to explore and analyze that how anarchic international structure influences and affects the
peace building process in South Asia.
Keyword :
Peace building, State-centric, South Asia, Conflicts, Insurgency, Indian Ocean