India and Bangladesh: Will the twain ever meet?

Asian Survey

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 231-249

  Pant, Harsh V ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; India; Islamic fundamentalism; South Asia; Terrorism

Indexed keywords

GEOPOLITICS; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; ISLAMISM; POLITICAL CONFLICT; TERRORISM;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 34548406129     PISSN: 00044687     EISSN: 1533838X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/as.2007.47.2.231     Document Type: Article

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