Kashmir in the Shadow of War: Regional Rivalries in a Nuclear Age Book

	Preface
	Introduction	3
1	The Problem of Regional Rivalry: The "Nuclearization" of the Kashmir Dispute	13
	Regional Diplomacy - The Revival of India-Pakistan Talks	17
	Composite Dialogue: The "Two Plus Six" Formula	18
	"Bus Diplomacy" and the Lahore Declaration	19
	Back-Channel Diplomacy and the "Chenab Plan"	25
	Nuclear Brinkmanship on the Line of Control	36
	Roots of Kargil	37
	Kargil and Nuclear Deterrence	49
	Toward Dialogue - Cease-Fire Diplomacy and the Agra Summit	58
	War on Terrorism - Common Cause Against Osama and the Taliban?	63
	Nuclear Stalemate Over Kashmir	67
2	The Problem of Global Intervention: The "Internationalization" of the Kashmir Dispute	79
	Global Diplomacy - The "Virtual" Mediation of Kargil	81
	The Washington Joint Statement	82
	Kashmir on the International Agenda - Reticence to the Rescue	86
	Great Power Disarray	89
	Indian Regional Dominance	91
	Kashmir in American Foreign Policy - Taking Sides?	92
	India vs. Pakistan: From Clinton to Bush	108
	In Afghanistan's Shadow - The Deepening Contradictions to Kashmir	117
	Pakistan: Frontline Ally or Axis of the Islamic Jehad?	122
3	The Problem of Religious Identity: Faultline Politics in a Disputed Territory	137
	Faultline Politics I - Religion in Kashmiri Identity	141
	Kashmir's Ethno-Religious Diversity	142
	The Culture of Kashmiriyat	146
	Faultline Politics II - Religion in Kashmiri Separatism	151
	Debating Separatism's Roots: Secular Forces	152
	Debating Separatism's Roots: Religious Forces	157
	Faultline Politics III - Religion in State Strategies Toward Kashmir	168
	Religion in Pakistan's State Strategy	168
	Religion in India's State Strategy	181
	India: Nationalizing or Supranational State?	181
4	The Problem of Conflict Resolution: The Autonomy Puzzle	193
	Autonomy's Global Appeal	196
	Autonomy for Kashmir?	202
	The Autonomy Committees' Reports	204
	Autonomy - The Way Forward?	210
	Beyond Autonomy	217
	Bilateralism's Infirmities	219
	Outlines of a Multilateral Strategy	224
	Conclusion	231
	Notes	245
	Index	276
	About the Author	286