Regional Cooperation in South Asia:From the Construction of Regional Identity to the Formation of Regionalism

Since the end of the cold war,the geo-spatial identity has replaced the ideological identity,and regional cooperation between different countries has become a key mechanism for their pursuing developments.However,India and Pakistan,the two largest countries in sub-continental Asia,have never got their relations normalized due to the complex historical and geo-political factors,which has greatly impeded the regional cooperation in this area.The stable relation between these two countries is indispensable to the regional cooperation in sub-continental Asia,which depends on the improvement of institutional construction,the building of mutual confidence and the sense of regional identity.The regional cooperation in sub-continental Asia should be incorporated into the paradigm of cooperative security,which is determined by India's recognition of its identity in this region and the establishment of its initiative to participate in the regional cooperation.