Open AccessDelinking Destiny from Geography
Author(s) -
Ramesh Thakur
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
india quarterly a journal of international affairs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0975-2684
pISSN - 0974-9284
DOI - 10.1177/097492841106700301
Subject(s) - terrorism , destiny (iss module) , incentive , government (linguistics) , politics , war on terror , political economy , political science , balance (ability) , development economics , law , economics , engineering , market economy , philosophy , linguistics , medicine , physical medicine and rehabilitation , aerospace engineering
The November 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai are analysed through six changing equations in India-Pakistan relations. The balance between military response and inaction is shifting towards the former. India has a vested but no longer critical interest in a strong and stable Pakistan. Pakistan's deniability has been based on separation between the government, army, ISI and terrorists whose plausibility is fading. To reverse the worsening security situation, Pakistan's military must be brought under full civilian control. Failing that, India will have to acquire the military capacity and political will to destroy the human and material infrastructure of terrorism in Pakistan. Finally, the rewards for Pakistan's contributions to the war on terror in Afghanistan exceed penalties for its fuelling of terror in India. The structure of incentives and penalties must be reversed.Arts, Education & Law Group, Key Centre for Ethics, Law, Justice and GovernanceFull Tex
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