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Kashmir: ripe for resolution?

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  • Moeed Yusuf
  • Adil Najam

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This paper documents and analyses 46 proposals made between 1947 and 2008 for resolving the India–Pakistan dispute over Jammu and Kashmir. We conduct a content analysis to recognise the patterns that emerge from these formulations and identify the key elements that recur over time. Our analysis suggests that the dispute may be more ‘ripe’ for resolution today than it has ever been in the past. For the first time in the dispute's history, there is growing convergence over a core element of the solution, ie granting autonomy to Kashmiris. This is matched by a virtual consensus on the ‘catalysts’, namely soft borders to allow relatively free human and economic exchange within Jammu and Kashmir, the notion of Kashmiri involvement in any negotiations on the issue and demilitarisation of the state. Ripeness alone, however, does not lead to resolution. Over the years various dynamic proposals have been made, which means that this particular convergence could also dissipate, as some of the prior ones have. There is a potential window of opportunity today, but it will not last indefinitely.

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  • Moeed Yusuf & Adil Najam, 2009. "Kashmir: ripe for resolution?," Third World Quarterly, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 30(8), pages 1503-1528.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:ctwqxx:v:30:y:2009:i:8:p:1503-1528
    DOI: 10.1080/01436590903321869
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