Abstract
The evolving character of war and strategy in the emerging geopolitical environment reflects a tension between the traditional Trinitarian concept of war, pursued by a state for attaining some policy objective, and a transformed, nonTrinitarian, stateless war pursued for myriad objectives. The future of Indo-Pakistan strategic dynamics is characterized by this tension. It is further aggravated by the space available in these countries for stateless wars and the introduction of nuclear weapons along with their modern derivatives into the strategic competition, that is beset by contentious issues like Kashmir and the deep-seated rivalry. The development of nuclear weapons has failed to infuse strategic stability in IndoPakistan relations. Joint and irregular warfare scenarios are likely to characterize the future of war and competitive strategy in the subcontinent with complex notions of victory. Conventional and nuclear forces will have to be adroitly balanced by Pakistan in continental, air, maritime and strategic domains against India‘s ‗superiority in numbers‘ to rebuff its space for ‗limited war‘

Brig Najeeb Ahmad. (2015) Future of War and Strategy: Indo-Pak Dynamics, IPRI Journal, Volume-15, Issue-1.
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