Complex Rivalry
While a substantial body of research explains how the conflict between India and Pakistan originated and developed over time, a systematic and multivariate inquiry cutting across different IR paradigms to understand this rivalry is rare or limited. Surinder Mohan contributes to the understanding of...
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| description | While a substantial body of research explains how the conflict between India and Pakistan originated and developed over time, a systematic and multivariate inquiry cutting across different IR paradigms to understand this rivalry is rare or limited. Surinder Mohan contributes to the understanding of India and Pakistan’s rivalry by presenting a new type of framework, also known as complex rivalry model. This comprehensive model, by not limiting its theoretical tool-kit to any single paradigm, is unique in its approach and better positioned to debate and answer baffling questions that the single-paradigm-based studies address rather inadequately and in isolation. This book, through an examination of fifty-seven militarized disputes between 1947 and 2021, explains the life cycle of India-Pakistan rivalry in four phases: initiation; development; maintenance; and a possible transformation/termination. Mohan delineates five specific conditions that evolved the subcontinental conflict into a complex rivalry: first, its survival in spite of the Bangladesh War and the end of the Cold War; second, its linkage with other rivalries; third, the inclusion of nuclear factor; fourth, the dyadic stability in the militarized disputes and hostility level despite changes in the regime type; and fifth, the dyad’s involvement in a multilayered conflict pattern. To break this deadlock and mitigate their longstanding differences, Mohan proposes that India and Pakistan must reframe their national priorities and political goals so that the new situation or combinations of conditions would assist their peace strategists to downgrade the dyadic hostility and implement risky policies to make headway to a promising transformation. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1761402026-06-12T10:02:46Z Complex Rivalry Surinder, Mohan War Peace Conflict Complex rivalry Enduring rivalries Rivalry linkage Militarized interstate disputes Realpolitik Power transition Nuclear deterrence Foreign policy Territorial dispute De-escalation De-rivalization Termination Conflict transformation Conflict resolution Peace strategists India Pakistan Kashmir Line of Control Terrorism Water South Asia Indo-Pacific Cold War thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPS International relations::JPSD Diplomacy thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPS International relations::JPSL Geopolitics While a substantial body of research explains how the conflict between India and Pakistan originated and developed over time, a systematic and multivariate inquiry cutting across different IR paradigms to understand this rivalry is rare or limited. Surinder Mohan contributes to the understanding of India and Pakistan’s rivalry by presenting a new type of framework, also known as complex rivalry model. This comprehensive model, by not limiting its theoretical tool-kit to any single paradigm, is unique in its approach and better positioned to debate and answer baffling questions that the single-paradigm-based studies address rather inadequately and in isolation. This book, through an examination of fifty-seven militarized disputes between 1947 and 2021, explains the life cycle of India-Pakistan rivalry in four phases: initiation; development; maintenance; and a possible transformation/termination. Mohan delineates five specific conditions that evolved the subcontinental conflict into a complex rivalry: first, its survival in spite of the Bangladesh War and the end of the Cold War; second, its linkage with other rivalries; third, the inclusion of nuclear factor; fourth, the dyadic stability in the militarized disputes and hostility level despite changes in the regime type; and fifth, the dyad’s involvement in a multilayered conflict pattern. To break this deadlock and mitigate their longstanding differences, Mohan proposes that India and Pakistan must reframe their national priorities and political goals so that the new situation or combinations of conditions would assist their peace strategists to downgrade the dyadic hostility and implement risky policies to make headway to a promising transformation. 2026-05-01T06:03:41Z 2026-05-01T06:03:41Z 2026-04-30T10:10:20Z 2022 book ONIX_20260429T161216_9780472907212_8 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/112750 9780472907212 9780472055593 9780472075591 9780472220632 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/176140 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/112750/1/9780472907212.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/112750/1/9780472907212.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/112750/1/9780472907212.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/112750/1/9780472907212.pdf Michigan State University Press 10.3998/mpub.12195673 10.3998/mpub.12195673 aa7f6664-5117-41d8-90f8-c3af56526b92 9780472907212 9780472055593 9780472075591 9780472220632 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) University of Michigan Press International Studies in Democracy Backlist 2026 KU Partner Collections 2026 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) KU Partner Collections 2026 University of Michigan Press International Studies in Democracy Backlist 2026 420 open access |
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