India, Pakistan, and the Kashmir Dispute: On Regional Conflict and Its Resolution

ISBN-13: 9780312175627 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 352 str.

Dr Robert G. Wirsing

Opis

Kashmir is the focal point of an acute regional dispute that has pitted India and Pakistan against one another ever since they gained their independence from Great Britain in 1947. Already, these bitter rivals have gone to war twice over Kashmir leaving the state physically divided and heavily militarized. The reasons for and possible resolutions of this dispute are the themes of Wirsing's book Drawing on repeated field visits and wide-ranging interviews with government officials, political leaders, military officers and diplomats in both India and Pakistan, the author provides abundant new material on the Kashmir dispute's political, military, domestic and international dimensions. The book responds to mounting international concern about Kashmir with specific, step-by-step recommendations for breaking the existing diplomatic stalemate between India and Pakistan.

Spis treści

Maps List of Tables Acknowledgements Introduction PART 1: THE BOUNDARY PROBLEM Entitlement Issues Delimitations Issues The Strategic Context PART II: THE SEPARATIST PROBLEM The Kasmiri Muslim Uprising Indian Security Forces in Jammu and Kashmir Indian Policy in Jammu and Kashmir PART III: THE PROBLEM OF SETTLEMENT Dilemmas of Format: The Instruments of Negotiation Dilemmas of Formula: The Aims of Negotiation PART IV: RECOMMENDATIONS The US Role in Kashmir: Toward Constructive Engagement India and Pakistan: Breaking the Deadlock Appendices Notes Index

O autorze

ROBERT G. WIRSING is Professor of International Studies, University of South Carolina.