The India-Pakistan Military Standoff: Crisis and Escalation in South Asia (Initiatives in Strategic Studies: Issues and Policies)

This book focuses on the 2001-2002 crisis that brought India and Pakistan to the brink of war. Authors focus on: the political history that led to the crisis; the conventional military environment, the nuclear environment and coercive diplomacy and de-escalation during the crisis; and how South Asia can avoid similar crises in the future. The Historical and Political Background of the Crisis * The Roots of Crisis: Post-Kargil Conflict in Kashmir and the 2001-2002 Near War - Praveen Swami * The Political-Military Background of the 2001-2002 Military Standoff: A Pakistani Perspective - Zafar Jaspal * The Conventional Military Environment * The Military Dimension of the 2001-2002 India-Pakistan Standoff: Planning and Preparation for Land Operations - Gurmeet Kanwal * Managing the Nuclear Environment * What Was Done to Achieve Strategic Stability During the Cold War? Implications for South Asian Crises - Michael Wheeler * Pakistan's Nuclear Force Posture and the 2001-2002 Crisis - Feroz Khan * Outside Actors and Crisis Resolution: The United States' Role * Crisis Management in South Asia's Twin Peaks Crisis - Polly Nayak and Michael Krepon * The 2002 Crisis: A Real-Time View From Islamabad - David Smith * Avoiding Future Crises * Arms Control, Confidence Building and Nuclear Risk Reduction in South Asia: A Pakistani Perspective - Naeem Salik * Conclusion: Lessons Learned and Unlearned - Zachary Davis Front Matter....Pages i-xvi Introduction....Pages 1-16 Front Matter....Pages 17-17 The Roots of Crisis—Post-Kargil Conflict in Kashmir and the 2001–2002 Near-War....Pages 19-52 Understanding the Political-Military Context of the 2002 Military Standoff—A Pakistani Perspective....Pages 53-63 Front Matter....Pages 65-65 Military Dimensions of the 2002 India-Pakistan Standoff—Planning and Preparation for Land Operations....Pages 67-95 Front Matter....Pages 97-97 What Was Done to Achieve Strategic Stability during the Cold War? Lessons for South Asia?....Pages 99-125 Pakistan’s Nuclear Force Posture and the 2001–2002 Military Standoff....Pages 127-140 Front Matter....Pages 141-141 U.S. Crisis Management in South Asia’s Twin Peaks Crisis....Pages 143-186 The 2001–2002 Standoff: A Real-Time View from Islamabad....Pages 187-212 Front Matter....Pages 213-213 Arms Control, Confidence Building, and Nuclear Risk Reduction—A Pakistani Perspective....Pages 215-227 Conclusion: Lessons Learned and Unlearned....Pages 229-236 Back Matter....Pages 237-240 This book focuses on the 2001-2002 crisis that brought India and Pakistan to the brink of war. Like the 1999 Kashmir crisis and the 2008 Mumbai crisis, the 2001 attack on the Indian Parliament set in motion events that nearly spun out of control. India's military mobilization raised the specter of full-scale war and the possibility that Pakistan, faced with the defeat of its Army, would resort to nuclear weapons. The volume's authors focus on five main areas: the political history that led to the crisis; the conventional military environment during the crisis; the nuclear environment during the crisis; coercive diplomacy and de-escalation during the crisis; and arms control and confidence-building measures that can help South Asia to avoid similar crises in the future