Human Security in South Asia: Military Expenditures Dimension of India and Pakistan
The end of the Cold War brought a sigh of relief to people throughout the world, especially to the South Asians, and with it the expectation that we at last had a safe and peaceful world and could turn to such pressing issues as poverty and environmental destruction without having to worry about ideological and/or armed conflict. It was thought that now more attention will be given to human security rather than to the resource consuming traditional security. Moreover, it was believed that the end of East West rivalry would allow India and Pakistan to function as originally intended, and that they would indeed be a force for the preservation of international peace and harmony.