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When armies don’t fight: Are militaries in India and Pakistan strategically aligned to promote peace in South Asia?

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  • Dawood MAMOON

    (World Economic Survey Expert Group, Pakistan)

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The paper analyses role of militaryspending and number of military personnel in India and Pakistan in conflict mitigation. The paper finds that Pakistan’s military spending is a cause of deterrence from Indian hegemony in the region confirming the defence literature that puts the role of military as a strategic asset for a country. The paper also suggests that both democracy and economic development puts downward pressures on India and Pakistan hostilities however democracy is not a sufficient condition in itself to mitigate conflict. The innovation of the paper is that it constructs real proxies of conflict from the defence literature and utilizes defence spending in the analysis as a means to a peaceful resolution between bilateral issues within South Asian region.

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  • Dawood MAMOON, 2020. "When armies don’t fight: Are militaries in India and Pakistan strategically aligned to promote peace in South Asia?," Journal of Economics and Political Economy, EconSciences Journals, vol. 7(2), pages 131-157, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:cvv:journ1:v:7:y:2020:i:2:p:131-157
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    • P24 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist and Transition Economies - - - National Income, Product, and Expenditure; Money; Inflation

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