Changing patterns of warfare between India and Pakistan navigating the impact of new and disruptive technologies / Rizwana Abbasi and Muhammad Saeed Uzzaman.
| Author/creator | Abbasi, Rizwana, 1978- |
| Other author | Uzzaman, Muhammad Saeed. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2023. |
| Description | ix, 182 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Taylor & Francis eBooks |
| Subjects |
| Series | Innovations in international affairs |
| Contents | Nuclear technologies, doctrines and conflict dynamics (1998-2016) -- Nuclear force modernization and weapon asymmetry (1998-2016) -- Surgical strike stratagem : conflict dynamics and the manifestation of offensive doctrines (2016-2020) -- Counterforce strategies and new warfare domain -- Disruptive technologies and erosion of nuclear deterrence -- New mechanisms for crisis and deterrence stability. |
| Abstract | "Changing Patterns of Warfare between India and Pakistan analyzes evolving doctrines and new and disruptive technologies (including nuclear deterrence), and how these impact the conflict dynamics between India and Pakistan. The conflict dynamics have shifted from major and minor wars to insurgencies and surgical strikes which points towards an increased frequency of crises and a reduction in the scale of violence. New technologies such as nuclear submarines, aircraft carriers, ballistic missile defence (BMD) systems, multiple independently targetable re-entry vehicles (MIRVs), anti-satellite weapons (ASAT), hypersonic missiles, cyber technologies, Artificial Intelligence and lethal autonomous weapons (LAWS) have all complicated crisis dynamics. Further, the employment of India's compellence strategy is an indication of a change in its nuclear postures that indicates smart strikes are now more likely. The phenomenon of surgical strikes makes it unclear how disruptive technologies will gain direct/indirect future military control, hence challenging the deterrence stability between India and Pakistan. Against this backdrop, the authors evaluate the ways and means by which crisis and deterrence stability is achieved between India and Pakistan, and predict how this conflict may develop in the future. This book will be of interest to all those researching and working in the fields of security studies, strategic studies, nuclear policy, deterrence thinking and proliferation/non-proliferation aspects of the nuclear weapons programme within South Asia. It will also be relevant for the academic community, policy makers, diplomats, members of INGOs/NGOs, professional research institutes and organizations working on Indo-Pakistan relations"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-172) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2022057147 |
| ISBN | 9781032374116 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 9781032374130 (paperback) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |