Sadiq, Muhammad and Ali, Iftikhar (2024) Non-state actors, sub-conventional warfare, and India-Pakistan nuclear crisis stability/instability. Journal of Asian and African Studies, 59 (2). pp. 325-337. ISSN 0021-9096, DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/00219096221108736.
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In South Asia, India-Pakistan nuclear equation faces an intricate stability/instability paradox under the shadow of pervasive non-state actors. These actors are exploited by the bellicose nuclear rivals and used as proxies to bleed each other. The terrorist incidents may lead to a crisis that could escalate to the nuclear level. The ambitious belligerents-India and Pakistan-are embroiled in a vicious nuclear and conventional arms race. In conjunction, both lack any effective conflict resolution mechanism. Though, past strategic crises were managed beneath the panic of nuclear escalation and intervention by the international community. What if such a crisis develops again if a spectacular terrorist attack occurs, especially in mainland India. Indian decision-makers could castigate Pakistan by contemplating so-called surgical strikes under the impression that Pakistan has launched terrorists against India. This research paper critically analyzes how non-state actors and their use in sub-conventional warfare pose severe repercussions for nuclear deterrence stability in the absence of credible nuclear escalation control measures between India and Pakistan.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Funders: | UNSPECIFIED |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | India; Pakistan; Sub-conventional warfare; Crisis stability; Instability; Nuclear escalation |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Ms. Juhaida Abd Rahim |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Jul 2024 08:21 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Jul 2024 08:21 |
| URI: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/46100 |
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