Synopsis SAARC, a regional organisation is small but significant in its own right. Its importance lies in its strategic value and the special position, that its area of operation—the South Asian region—holds. South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) includes only seven nations, some of them small in size and population. But this does not lessen its relevance in the new world order and the role it aims to play in the continental and global perspective. All the seven member countries, though independent and sovereign, have a common past heritage and culture. By and large these form a homogeneous region, more or less like Western Europe or Central Asia. In fact SAARC stands for a unified geographical and economic entity on the pattern of European Union. However, at the moment, in view of the slow pace of developments, it is a distant dream. This book discusses SAARC as a living and developing organisation in its totality, which makes it comprehensive and exhaustive. All scholars, academics, researchers, students and the general readers alike, should find it useful and friendly.