India Pakistan Relations: A Political Analysis Of Conflicts And Prospects For Peace

Abstract

In South Asia, India and Pakistan are two immediate nuclear capable neighbour countries shared their geography, history and culture, but the relations between these two nations have never been cordial since their independence. Though both the nations have originated from common sub-continent, there has been constant threat of war due to certain major social, cultural, economic and political problems and conflicts between them. However, significantly c makes both the nations as distant neighbour and their relationship can be coined as a Snake- Ladder Game, has been briefly discussed in this study. In spite of having such hostilities, both countries have signed so many treaties to solve and minimise their problems as well as conflicts, and out of which the Tashkent Declaration and The Simla Agreement are considered as foremost peace building initiatives to maintain stability in South Asia region, which is well described and analysed in the following study. So, this study suggested that there is an urgent need to go ahead with rich and stable bilateral dialogues for the establishment of durable peace in between these two main players in South Asia.