Towards a Positive Sum: New Dimensions of Indo-Pak Relationship in the 21st Century

Abstract

A challenge facing IR students is to make sense of fast-moving events and trends in the region-to determine whether they are favourable or unfavourable to conflict resolution and peace especially in relations between India and Pakistan. Another challenge is to determine how to take advantage of the good trends-or alternately, minimise the damage from the bad ones. There is a need to look at the dynamics at work and then to devise a roadmap that roughly represents the reality, explains casual relationships that influence current events, helps predict the future, prioritises available facts, and shows a path for achieving goals.