Changing Patterns of Warfare between India and Pakistan (Innovations in International Affairs)

Changing Patterns of Warfare between India and Pakistan analyzes how advanced nuclear technologies and the advent of disruptive technologies have affected the evolving conflict between India and Pakistan. Advanced nuclear technologies such as nuclear submarines, aircraft carriers, ballistic missile defence systems (BMDs), multiple independently targetable re-entry vehicles (MIRVs), anti-satellite weapons (ASAT); and disruptive technologies such as hypersonic weapons, artificial intelligence (AI), lethal autonomous weapons (LAWs), unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) / drones and space-based and cyber technologies have all complicated crisis dynamics and the domain of warfare in the region. Further, the employment of India’s compellence strategy is an indication of a change in its stance that demonstrates smart/surgical strikes are now more likely. The phenomenon of surgical strikes raises the question of how disruptive technologies will be used to gain direct/indirect military control and hence challenge the existing status quo and deterrence stability. Against this backdrop, the authors predict how this conflict may develop in the future and evaluate the ways to stabilize deterrence and regulate the militarization of artificial intelligence and disruptive technologies between India and Pakistan. This book will be of interest to all those researching and working in the fields of security studies, strategic studies, nuclear policy, deterrence thinking and proliferation/non-proliferation aspects of the nuclear weapons programme within South Asia and beyond. It will also be relevant for the academic community, policy-makers, diplomats, members of international non-governmental organizations (INGOs), professional research institutes and organizations working on India–Pakistan relations. "Changing Patterns of Warfare between India and Pakistan analyzes evolving doctrines and new and disruptive technologies (including nuclear deterrence), and how these impact the conflict dynamics between India and Pakistan. The conflict dynamics have shifted from major and minor wars to insurgencies and surgical strikes which points towards an increased frequency of crises and a reduction in the scale of violence. New technologies such as nuclear submarines, aircraft carriers, ballistic missile defence (BMD) systems, multiple independently targetable re-entry vehicles (MIRVs), anti-satellite weapons (ASAT), hypersonic missiles, cyber technologies, Artificial Intelligence and lethal autonomous weapons (LAWS) have all complicated crisis dynamics. Further, the employment of India's compellence strategy is an indication of a change in its nuclear postures that indicates smart strikes are now more likely. The phenomenon of surgical strikes makes it unclear how disruptive technologies will gain direct/indirect future military control, hence challenging the deterrence stability between India and Pakistan. Against this backdrop, the authors evaluate the ways and means by which crisis and deterrence stability is achieved between India and Pakistan, and predict how this conflict may develop in the future. This book will be of interest to all those researching and working in the fields of security studies, strategic studies, nuclear policy, deterrence thinking and proliferation/non-proliferation aspects of the nuclear weapons programme within South Asia. It will also be relevant for the academic community, policy makers, diplomats, members of INGOs/NGOs, professional research institutes and organizations working on Indo-Pakistan relations"-- Provided by publisher Cover Half Title Series Page Title Page Copyright Page Contents List of Abbreviations Introduction 1. Nuclear technologies and conflict dynamics 2. Nuclear force modernization and weapon asymmetry 3. Surgical strike stratagem: New patterns of engagement 4. Changing patterns of warfare: March for counterforce posturing 5. Disruptive technologies: Deterrence erosion and new warfare domain 6. Deterrence stability mechanism: Regulating new and disruptive technologies Conclusion Bibliography Index