Line on Fire: Ceasefire Violations and India-Pakistan Escalation Dynamics

Happymon Jacob, Sumit Ganguly (Editor), E. Sridharan (Editor)

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Abstract (may include machine translation)

The India–Pakistan border in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) has witnessed repeated ceasefire violations (CFVs) over the past decade. Indeed, with relations between India and Pakistan degrading, CFVs have gone up exponentially. These CFVs have the potential to not only begin a crisis but also escalate an ongoing one. 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 CFVs on the J&K border and establishes a relationship between CFVs 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’.
Original languageEnglish
Place of PublicationNew Delhi, India
PublisherOxford University Press
Number of pages432
ISBN (Electronic)9780199095483
ISBN (Print)9780199489893
DOIs
StatePublished - 2019
Externally publishedYes

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