Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The India-Pakistan conflict: social constructivism versus neo-realism neo-liberalism
  • The social constructivist security dilemma and the security community: the popular and elites' social practices
  • The identities of India and Pakistan in the formative phase of state building: ideology as a key identity signifier
  • The Kashmir dispute: the quest of India and Pakistan identities and Kashmiriyat, the estranged Kashmir identity
  • India-Pakistan nuclear rivalry: the influence of ideology upon elites' social practices
  • Exploration of norms for a hypothetical security community between India and Pakistan
  • Conclusion.