Managing Spoilers For Sustainable Peace Between India and Pakistan

Pakistan and India have a 71 years history of conflict marred by three wars and at least two major escalations. This book is an attempt to identify and manage the spoilers between India and Pakistan. There are six main spoilers which have been identified by the author.

Basing on the hypothesis that “Effective management of ideological and religious spoilers can lead to the achievement of sustainable peace between India and Pakistan”, the book attempts to answer the following questions: What is the role of spoilers in a conflict? How can different types of spoilers undermine a peace process? What are the dictates of history about spoilers in the Indo-Pak peace process? Why are ideological and religious spoilers de-tracking the Indo-Pak conflict? What are their motives and drivers? How can these ideological and religious spoilers be managed for sustainable peace between both countries?