Changing the EU-South Asia Development Cooperation in the 21st Century
Changing the EU-South Asia Development Cooperation in the 21st Century

Summary/Abstract: The European Union (EU) has been one of the leading aid donors to South Asia,especially post-9/11 increased its engagement in the region, where security becamea major concern. After the 1990s, South Asia experienced major events, especiallygiven the threat posed by non-state actors such as terrorism, religious extremism,and insurgencies. The study aims to explore the changing development cooperationof the EU with South Asia in the context of regional stability and counter-terrorism. The central focus of this study is to provide a background of EU developmentpolicy and its changing priorities and attitude towards the South Asia region. Whatchanges in policy are necessary, and how have the 9/11 attack in the United Statesand non-traditional security threats influenced and changed its overall South Asiastrategy? How has Afghanistan become crucial for the EU’s engagement in the region?The empirical study is the main framework of the study, and it is based on observation and measured phenomena by analysing the primary and secondary sources.The changing world, from stability to re-engaging in conflicts, pandemics, and the riseof populism, is making the EU’s engagement in South Asia so complex. On the otherhand, the Indo-Pacific regions and spreading dominance also make the effectivenessof the EU’s development diplomacy worrisome.

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