India, Pakistan, and the Kashmir dispute : on regional conflict and its resolution / Robert G. Wirsing.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wirsing, Robert.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jammu and Kashmir (India)--Politics and government.

Jammu and Kashmir (India).

India--Foreign relations--Pakistan.

India.

International relations.

Pakistan.

Pakistan--Foreign relations--India.

Jammu and Kashmir (India)--International status.

Physical Description:

xii, 337 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : St. Martin's Press, [1994]

Summary:

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 eruption of massive anti-Indian violence in Indian Kashmir in early 1990 has changed the dispute, further complicating India-Pakistan relations and lending even greater urgency to the search for settlement. The reasons for, and possible resolutions of, this dispute are the themes of Professor 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.

Contents:

Part I. The Boundary Problem 7

1. Entitlement Issues 9

Partition Phase: The Conspiracy Issue 12

Accession Phase 34

The Aggression Issue 39

The Plebiscite Issue 54

2. Delimitation Issues 61

UNMOGIP: The Peacekeeping Issue 68

Siachen Glacier: The "Mountain-Poaching" Issue 75

3. The Strategic Context 85

Kashmir and Great Power Rivalries 85

China in Kashmir: The Aksai Chin Issue 93

After the Cold War: The Encirclement Issue 101

Part II. The Separatist Problem 111

4. The Kashmiri Muslim Uprising 113

Origins and Precipitating Factors 113

Pakistan's Role: The Infiltration Issue 118

Profile of Separatist Forces 124

Scale 124

Organization 130

Capabilities 134

Impact of the Uprising 137

5. Indian Security Forces in Jammu and Kashmir 143

Type, Number, and Operational Roles 143

Border-Sealing and Counterinfiltration Operations 147

Counterinsurgency Operations: The Human Rights Issue 154

6. Indian Policy in Jammu and Kashmir 163

Kashmir Issue in Indian Politics 163

The Rajesh Pilot Initiatives 173

Prospects 181

Curbing Insurgency 181

Restoring Democracy 183

Part III. The Problem of Settlement 187

7. Dilemmas of Format: The Instruments of Negotiation 189

Multilateral, Third-Party, and Bilateral Options: The Record 189

Siachen Talks: The Perils of Bilateralism 195

8. Dilemmas of Formula: The Aims of Negotiation 217

Mending Kashmir: Alternative Models 217

Partition 218

Modification of Sovereignty 222

Political Autonomy 225

Political Independence 230

Broadening the State System: Deconstructing Sovereignty 232

Part IV. Recommendations 235

9. The U.S. Role in Kashmir: Toward Constructive Engagement 237

I. Focus 248

II. Strategy 249

10. India and Pakistan: Breaking the Deadlock 255

I. Chronological listing of major bilateral negotiations, international peacekeeping, and mediation efforts relating to India-Pakistan disputes over Kashmir and Siachen Glacier, 1947 through January 1994 264

II. Map: Indian Security Forces in Indian-Held Kashmir 271

III. Interviews 272.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

0312084420

OCLC:

30625318