India Pakistan relations: What lies ahead?

Abstract

This article delves into the history of dialoguing to highlight how the respective national narratives have shaped bilateral ties and have defined the expectation from each other. It also needs to be underlined that the important stakeholders on India Pakistan dialogue are the most challenging aspect for the bilateral relationship between the two countries. While there are several other security, political, economic and civil society stakeholders, the dominant factor is that the relationship has been deeply securitised therefore any forward movement in the bilateral relations is seen from the prism of security. In this context it is important to look into the history and how it has shaped the perception of the two countries and their narratives about each other

Keywords

• Pakistan
• India
• Dialogue
• Democracy
• Islamist
• Ideology
• South Asia
• Terrorism