Resolving the Kashmir Conflict

Pakistan, India, Kashmiris and Religious Militants

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6233576
AutoresRodrigo Tavares (0000-0001-5276-1408, United Nations University Institute on Comparative Regional Integration Studies, autor de correspondencia)
Año2008
Volumen16
Número3
Páginas276-302
Fecha de publicación2008-12-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAsian Journal of Political Science (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0218-5377 • E-ISSN: 1750-7812
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/02185370802504316
OpenAlexW2067339455
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas7
Referencias citadas26

This article introduces a conflict resolution framework to address the Kashmir 1 1. Henceforth in this article, ‘Kashmir’ refers both to the independent territory under Dogra dominion since 1846 to 1947 and to the territory that nowadays encompasses ‘Jammu and Kashmir’ (JK), under Indian control, and ‘Pakistan Administrated Kashmir’ (PAK), under Pakistan. Throughout the article the term ‘Pakistan Administrated Kashmir’ encompasses both Azad Kashmir and the Federally Administered Northern Areas. conflict. Firstly, Kashmir is mapped out as a multi-dimensional dispute between various parties: besides the interstate dispute between India and Pakistan, Kashmir is also an armed conflict both between India and the Kashmiris over the right of self-determination and between India and the religious militants who are waging a jihad to create a theocratic state. Secondly, in order to understand the complexity of Kashmir, I introduce an original framework based upon six levels of sovereignty that helps us in underscoring the implications of the bargaining process between India, Pakistan and Kashmir. Based on this, I propose a roadmap for peace, which comprises three successive steps: confidence-building measures, restoration of the asymmetric original status of Jammu and Kashmir and, finally, shared sovereignty (partial or total condominium) between India and Pakistan

Conflict resolution · Dominion · Hinduism · Political science · Politics · Sovereignty · State (computer science · Territorial dispute · Theocracy · Law · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East · Religious studies · South Asian Studies and Conflicts · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies