India Pakistan: The Question of Nuclear War

Abstract

The paper studies the Indo-Pak relations in pre and post nuclear war era. An effort has been made to provide a variety of opinion on the relations between the two nuclear powers of the South Asia. The historical account of wars and some skirmishes between the two countries is also subject matter of the study. The paper is relevant and significant as it provides the theoretical account on the pre and post nuclear relationship between India and Pakistan. It explains the relation between the two countries through the prism of nuclear optimism and nuclear pessimism. This theoretical account may provide a predictive to the readers whether the India and Pakistan may fight a nuclear war or not.