Abstract
Not only the future of Indo-Pak relations but prospects of
peace in South Asia hinge on resolution of the Kashmir
dispute. The seeds of the dispute were sown by the British and
all efforts by Pakistan and international agencies have been
frustrated by Indian intransigence which rejects arbitration and
uses all diplomatic guiles to delay efforts towards a negotiated
settlement. Pakistan policy has been consistent all along and
achieve success in internationalizing the issue which India
wishes to maintain as a bilateral tussle. The on-again off-again
composite dialogue process together with backdoor diplomacy
all seem to be getting nowhere. In such a situation out of the
box strategies need to be tried towards which a beginning was
made by general Musharraf resulting in some softening of
communication between the two Kashmirs. Deep rooted
distrust, differing security perceptions and chosen ideologies
continue to mark all thresh approaches. The history of these
trends and developments are discussed and the pros and cons
of various approaches together with the China like strategy of
putting problems on the back burner and pursuing CBMS are
discussed with implications.
Pervaiz Iqbal Cheema. (2014) The Kashmir Dispute: Key to South Asian Peace, IPRI Journal, Volume-14, Issue-1.
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