The Causes And Consequences Of The India-Pakistan Conflict?

Many scholars who have studied the India-Pakistan conflict have depicted historical evidence about India-Pakistan relations. In particular, some research studies have focused on the development of Indian and Pakistani’s identity (Veer, 1987, 1994, 2004; Sheth, 2013;Robb, 1991). The book Ethnic Conflict & Civic Life, edited by Ashutosh Varshney (2002), described the ethnic conflict between Hindus and Muslims through a perspective of social structure, highlighting the role of government. Furthermore, in the book Religious Nationalism: Hindus and Muslims in India, Peter Van Der Veer provides a constructivist perspective on the formation of Muslim and Hindus identity, and its changing along with the historical development, he admits the role of identities in the formation of religious, the vital part for hatred relationship between Hindus and Pakistani, but he didn’t go further to probe the significant of identity. Recently, South Asian IR scholars and specialists have begun to revise the traditional concept of comparative historical analysis. Some have focused on strategy culture (Rizvi, 2002; Khan, 2005; Bajpai, 2002; Commuri, 2009), which
Paul examined the multiple causes and consequences of the India-Pakistan conflict in a broad yet rigorous theoretical and analytical manner. He confirmed that the confrontation between India and Pakistan cannot be vanished easily, however, he noted the animosity between India and Pakistan, but did not provide reasons behind this hatred. Further research by Nasr (2005) and Ranjan (2008) describe the role of national identities in the India-Pakistan conflict, but do not provide a systematical framework as well as a deeper understanding of identity. Saidenman (2005) and Venkatraman (2005) analyze the importance of the Kashmir dispute, and the political strategies of India and