SAARC: Referee for India and Pakistan or Rival for ASEAN?

On November 26, 2014, Nepal’s capital Kathmandu hosted the 18th SAARC Summit. After three years without a meeting, this was a landmark event in the political environment in South Asia. However, traditional differences between the two regional leaders – India and Pakistan – nearly torpedoed the Summit. Should this multilateral organization be analyzed from the perspective of the complex India-Pakistan relations, or should it be considered a solid platform for solving economic problems in the region?...