Geography
Name the nuclear states in the region
India, Pakistan
Name the three most populous states
India, Pakistan, Bangladesh
Trade routes linking Asia, the Middle East, and Europe
Silk Road
Strong paternalism of the state
"Asian values"
Name the authoritarian states in the region
Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Kazakhstan
Demographic issues in the region
Population growth and Urbanization
Difficult transition from soviet-style command economies to market-oriented systems
Economic development in Central Asia
Linguistic diversity
Turkic, Indo-European, Dravidian language groups
Name the democratic states in the region
India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Mongolia, Bhutan, Pakistan
Environmental issues in India
Flooding, pollution, and deforestation
Conflict, lack of infrastructure, poverty
Negative developments in economics
Religions in the region
Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, Christianity, Marxist Atheism
List all countries in South Asia and Central Asia
South Asia = India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Maldives.
Central Asia = Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Mongolia, Afghanistan
A rivalry (Cold war) between the 19th-century British and Russian empires over their influence in Central Asia, primarily in Afghanistan
Great Game / Tournament of Shadows
Positive developments in economics
Export-led industrialization, investments in science, technology, education
Human adaptation to risk and uncertainty
Political Ecology