Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Foreword vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. Map of Jammu and Kashmir xi
6. 1 Introduction 1
7. Part 1 Subnational and National Dimensions
8. 2 Warring over Peace in Kashmir 13
9. 3 How Independent Is Azad Jammu and Kashmir? 33
10. 4 India and Armed Nonstate Actors in the Kashmir Conflict 49
11. 5 Pakistan and Jihadi Groups in the Kashmir Conflict 65
12. 6 Women in the Valley: From Victims to Agents of Change 81
13. 7 Women and Peacebuilding in Azad Jammu and Kashmir 97
14. 8 Sources of New Delhi’s Kashmir Policy 117
15. 9 Islamabad’s New Approach to Kashmir 137
16. Part 2 International Dimensions
17. 10 Kashmir in the International System 157
18. 11 The International Community and Kashmir: Mission Impossible? 171
19. 12 Kashmir: “The Most Dangerous Place in the World”? 187
20. Part 3 Toward Settlement
21. 13 Settling the Kashmir Conflict: The Internal Dimension 203
22. 14 Kashmir: From Persistence to Progress? 225
23. Appendix: Chronology of the Kashmir Conflict 249
24. List of Acronyms and Abbreviations 267
25. Bibliography 269
26. The Contributors 279
27. Index 283
28. About the Book 292