ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses how the negative effects of nuclear proliferation eventually bring a lasting transformation to the conflict. It underscores the connection between the lack of freedom from violence in the conflict setting, lack of trust, and cooperation between the adversaries on non-security levels. The aim is to demonstrate that although constructive peacemaking cannot be sustained in the India-Pakistan conflict, cooperation in affairs other than security has been established through dialogue, even against a continuous low-level violence-prone background but in the absence of serious crises. This has ultimately protracted the conflict indefinitely.
