| ID | 147571 |
| Title Proper | Ideology, territorial saliency, and geographic contiguity |
| Other Title Information | the beginning of India–Pakistan rivalry |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Mohan, Surinder |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Most explanations tend to claim that ‘ideology’ played single most important role in initiating the Indo-Pakistani rivalry. This study argues that Kashmir’s territorial saliency and proximity with the challenger state, Pakistan, also played fundamental role to begin this rivalry. By adopting a conceptual framework underpinned by the conception of enduring rivalry, this article shows how the fusion of ideology, territorial saliency, and geographic contiguity formed a stronger core which influenced external strategic factors and collectively formulated a ‘hub-and-spokes’ framework to move the cartwheel of India–Pakistan rivalry. Placed within this framework, once India and Pakistan’s bilateral conflict over Kashmir had taken roots, ever-increasing interaction between ‘hub’ and ‘spokes’ brought in centripetal and centrifugal stress on the embryonic rivalry by unfolding a process of change, that is, the gradual augmentation in hostility and accumulation of grievances, which locked them into a longstanding rivalry. |
| `In' analytical Note | International Relations of the Asia-Pacific Vol. 16, No.3; 2016: p.371-407 |
| Journal Source | International Relations of the Asia-Pacific Vol: 16 No 3 |
| Key Words | Ideology ; Territorial Saliency ; Geographic Contiguity ; India–Pakistan Rivalry |