The Kashmir Dispute: A Strategic Analysis

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  • Muhammad Waqas Area Study Centre, University of Peshawar, KPk, Pakistan
  • Khalil Rehman Area Study Centre, University of Peshawar, KPk, Pakistan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21015/vtess.v11i3.1662

Abstract

Historically, Kashmir’s otherworldly beauty and high-culture have been taking the brunt of oppression and repression since centuries. The many transformations, transcended by Kashmiri consciousness, range from being a serf to a dissenter, from a defiant peasant to an armed insurgent, not to mention the stone-pelters’ enduring struggle for freedom. Likewise, whenever an awareness emerged and became a becoming, an unimaginable coercion and tyranny persisted alongside. It remains and lacerates from an occupation and annexation-lawfare, besides, the military and para-military apparatus that sustains it. The post-partition Cease Fire Line (CFL) is now the disputed Line of Control (LoC) between India and Pakistan, whereas, the British era delimited McMahon Line has become the Line of Actual Control (LAC) between India and China. The Sino-Indian rivalry is in the foreground with an Indo-US congruence in the background. Also, the greater context of dispute is the Hindu nationalist agenda objectively implemented by Modi-Amit duo in the spirit of M.S. Golwalkar, plus, the complex geo-political mixture of regional, extra-regional and global strategic environment. However, Kashmiri consciousness is a reality inductively validating the libertarian spirit. Vicissitudes of time taught Kashmiris the virtues of transcendent wisdom and restraint. The Kashmiri liberation struggle continues. It is a calling.  

Author Biography

Khalil Rehman, Area Study Centre, University of Peshawar, KPk, Pakistan

Assistant Professor

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2023-09-30

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Muhammad Waqas, & Rehman, K. (2023). The Kashmir Dispute: A Strategic Analysis. VFAST Transactions on Education and Social Sciences, 11(3), 17–23. https://doi.org/10.21015/vtess.v11i3.1662

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Vol. 11 No. 3 (2023): July-September

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