ABSTRACT
By the early 1990s the sore of Kashmir had festered on the Indian Subcontinent for more than two generations. This period coincided with the dissolution of empires in Africa and Asia followed by the end of the cold war along with its related geostrategic preoccupations. The suppression of insurgency and the eventual resumption of the political process should remain the sine quanon of the Indian strategy in Kashmir. Indian strategists and analysts should forcefully warn against this type of an arrangement. In addition, it can be argued that China and even Afghanistan or one of the Central Asian republics may move into the vaccum created by a demilitarised Kashmir. India's long-standing liberal traditions and freedom of the press should make for cooperation with foreign human rights organisations like Asia Watch and Amnesty International. For Pakistan, with a clear goal of acquiring Kashmir, the options are comparatively straightforward and self-explanatory.
