Includes bibliographical references.

Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction -- Mohammad Humayun Kabir1 -- 2. Theme Paper on Security of Bangladesh in the -- Twenty-first Century -- Muhammad Shahedul Anam Khan12 -- 3. Conventional Security Threats to Bangladesh in -- the 21st Century : The Role of the Armed -- Forces -- Ishfaq Ilahi Choudhury22 -- 4. Defence-Development Dilemma: The Bangladesh -- Context -- Abdur Rob Khan and Munim Kumar Barai 38 -- 5. Strategic and Tactical Lessons of the War of -- Liberation in the Context of the National -- Security of Bangladesh in the 21s' Century -- Syed Muhammad Ibrahim60 -- 6. Agricultural Trade Liberalization under the -- Uruguay Round and Beyond: The Perspectives -- of the Developing Countries with Special -- Reference to Bangladesh -- CAF Dowlah68 -- 7. WTO and Bangladesh's External Trade: -- A Scenario of Opportunities, Perils and Pitfalls -- Muinul Islam107 -- 8. Energy Security of Bangladesh: Issues, -- Perspectives and Prospects -- M. Asaduzzaman128 -- 9. Political Instability in Bangladesh: Security -- Implications -- Syed Anwar Husain145 -- 10. Proliferation of Small Arms and Violence in -- Bangladesh: Societal Insecurity -- N eila H usain 163 -- 11. Poverty and Marginalization in Bangladesh: -- Potentials for Instability -- M .M Akash181 -- 12. Towards a Framework of Sustainable Resource -- Management: The Case of the Chittagong Hill -- Tracts in Bangladesh -- Mizan R Khan196 -- 13. Natural Disasters and National Security -- A. M Choudhury230 -- 14. Arsenic Crisis, Security Concerns, the State and -- the People -- Afsan Chowdhury247 -- 15. National Security of Bangladesh: Thoughts on -- Security Strategies -- Mohammad Humayun Kabir259.

Contributed articles presented at a national seminar held on 29-30 Nov. 1998 organized by BIISS in Dhaka.