2002/12/01 by Stephen Philip Cohen, Stephen P. Cohen
Social Sciences · #Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography #Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East #South Asian Studies and Conflicts
paper · doi:10.1080/01402390412331302865
openalex publication_date 2002/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29
The India–Pakistan conflict has taken a new, nuclear turn, making South Asia one of the most dangerous places in the world. The Kashmir dispute is only one aspect of the larger struggle between the two states. Their conflict is hard to manage, and may prove impossible to resolve, because it is a ‘paired minority’ conflict in which each side views itself as threatened and vulnerable, and thus resists negotiation and compromise.