The India-Pakistan Conflict: An Enduring Rivalry

by Edited by T. V. Paul

• ISBN13: 9780521855198
• ISBN10: 0521855195
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-12-26
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

The India-Pakistan rivalry remains one of the most enduring and unresolved conflicts of our times. It began with the birth of the two states in 1947, and it has continued ever since, with the periodic resumption of wars and crises. The conflict has affected every dimension of interstate and societal relations between the two countries and, despite occasional peace initiatives, shows no signs of abating. This volume brings together leading experts in international relations theory and comparative politics to explain the persistence of this rivalry. Together they examine a range of topics including regional power distribution, great power politics, territorial divisions, the nuclear weapons factor, and incompatible national identities. Based on their analyses, they offer possible conditions under which the rivalry could be terminated. The book will be of interest to scholars of politics and international relations, as well as those concerned about stability and peace in South Asia.

Table of Contents

List of figures and tables	ix
Notes on contributors	X
Acknowledgments	xiii
Map: Jammu and Kashmir	xv
Part I Introduction
1 Causes of the India—Pakistan enduring rivalry
T.V. PAUL	3	(24)
Part II Theories of enduring rivalry and the South Asian conflict
2 Theoretical specifications of enduring rivalries: applications to the India—Pakistan case
PAUL F. DIEHL, GARY GOERTZ, AND DANIEL SAEEDI	27	(27)
3 The India—Pakistan conflict in light of general theories of war, rivalry, and deterrence
JOHN A. VASQUEZ	54	(26)
4 The India—Pakistan rivalry: prospects for war, prospects for peace
DANIEL S. GELLER	80	(23)
5 Realpolitik and learning in the India—Pakistan rivalry
RUSSELL J. LENG	103	(28)
Part III Roots of the India—Pakistan conflict
6 Major powers and the persistence of the India—Pakistan conflict
ASHOK KAPUR	131	(25)
7 Nuclear weapons and the prolongation of the India—Pakistan rivalry
SAIRA KHAN	156	(22)
8 National identities and the India—Pakistan conflict
VALI NASR	178	(24)
9 At the heart of the conflict: irredentism and Kashmir
STEPHEN M. SAIDEMAN	202	(23)
10 Institutional causes of the India—Pakistan rivalry
REETA CHOWDHARI TREMBLAY AND JULIAN SCHOFIELD	225	(26)
Part IV Conclusion
11 South Asia's embedded conflict: understanding the India—Pakistan rivalry
T.V. PAUL AND WILLIAM HOGG	251	(16)
Index	267