ISBN : 9780199489893
India-Pakistan border in Jammu and Kashmir has witnessed repeated ceasefire violations over the past decade. Indeed, with the new low in the relations between India and Pakistan, ceasefire violations have gone up exponentially. These have the potential to not only begin a crisis but also escalate an ongoing crisis. To make things worse, in the event of major violations, political leadership on either side often engage in high-pitched rhetoric some of which even have nuclear undertones. Using fresh empirical data and oral history evidence, this book explains the causes of ceasefire violations on the Jammu and Kashmir border, and establishes a relationship between ceasefire violations and crisis escalation between India and Pakistan. In doing so, the book further nuances the existing arguments about the escalatory dynamics between the two South Asian nuclear rivals. Furthermore, the book explains ceasefire violations using the concept of 'autonomous military factors'.
List of Tables, Figures, and Cases
Foreword by Lt Gen. Harcharanjit Singh Panag
Foreword by Lt Gen. (Retd) Waheed Arshad
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Conceptualizing Escalation Dynamics in South Asia
Chapter 3: (Mis)managing the Border: A History of Practices and Mechanisms
Chapter 4: Lull before the Storm: 2003 Ceasefire Agreement and After
Chapter 5: Military Gamesmanship and Moral Ascendency: Explaining Ceasefire Violations
Chapter 6: Ceasefire Violations and Crisis Escalation: Analysing the Data
Chapter 7: Implications for Theory and Practice
Appendices
Index
Bibliography
