Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Information -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- U.S. Foreign Policy and Security and Governance in South Asia -- Pakistan, India, and U.S. Strategic Interests -- Security Issues in Sino-Indian Relations -- Governance Challenges: Legitimacy and Citizenship in China and India -- Cooperation and Defection Cycles in India-Pakistan Relations -- Nuclear Stability in South Asia -- Building Up the Indian Air Force -- Pakistan's Political Culture and Its Implications for Democracy -- Baloch Nationalism and the Garrison State in Pakistan -- Internal Security Threats in Nepal, Bangladesh, Maldives, and Other Cases: Learning from Comparative Responses -- Contributors -- Index -- Back Cover