This book, a collective effort of GPPAC (Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict)-South Asia members, consists of nine chapters. The first three chapters focus on the impact on democratic governance in South Asia, multilateralism and regional cooperation. Other six chapters audit country situations and civil society interventions in Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, India and Afghanistan. These chapters highlight the importance of positive civil society interventions in generating policies that are more effective, equitable and gender-sensitive that should be capable and influential enough to mobilise societal capacities in order to mitigate adverse social, economic and political effects of the pandemic and to shape the direction of post-COVID South Asia.