Prospects for Indian and Pakistani Arms Control and Confidence-Building Measures

Authors

Feroz Hassan Khan

Abstract

The regional dynamic in South Asia is both extravagant and complicated. For centuries various empires have risen, thrived, and fallen, as numerous wars and clashes for control over resources spread across the geography. South Asian history writ large has seen hypothetical borders redrawn several times, leaving in question the viability of state control and perpetuating ethnic tensions. Though the great partition of India in 1947 ought to have politically resolved communal disharmony, the haste of British withdrawal created a geopolitical quagmire that has resulted in an “enduring rivalry” between the nations of India and Pakistan, one that has lasted for more than sixty years.

Recommended Citation

Khan, Feroz Hassan (2010) "Prospects for Indian and Pakistani Arms Control and Confidence-Building Measures," Naval War College Review: Vol. 63: No. 3, Article 8.
Available at: https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/nwc-review/vol63/iss3/8