Acknowledgements Introduction: Sovereignty, Development and Civil War - Aparna Sundar and Nandini Sundar Contextualizing Civil Wars in South Asia - Nandini Sundar Sri Lanka: Military Fiscalism and the Politics of Market Reform at a Time of Civil War - Rajesh Venugopal The Transnational Political Economy of Civil War in Afghanistan - Alessandro Monsutti Aid and Violence: Development, Insurgency and and Social Transformation in Nepal - Antonio Donini and Jeevan Raj Sharma Civil War or Genocide? Britain and the Secession of East Pakistan in1971 - A Dirk Moses The Rise of Jihadi Militancy in Pakistan's Tribal Areas - Haris Gazdar, Yasser Kureshi and Asad Sayeed Routine Emergencies: India's Armed Forces Special Powers Act - Sanjib Baruah Local Agitations in a Globalized Context: A Case Study of Shopian and Bomai - Gowhar Fazili Articulating Grievance in Southeast Myanmar - Stephen Campbell Index