India – Pakistan: Never-Ending Tensions.

Starting with the security complex theory elaborated by Barry Buzan, this paper aims to provide an overview over an area long troubled by tensions and conflicts - South Asia. We are going to use an approach going from general to particular. After establishing a theoretical framework regarding the phrase security complex, the paper will focus on the South Asian security complex and more specifically on the two most important actors: India and Pakistan. The relations between the two countries, both born after the partition of 1947, have always been characterized by turmoil - religious clashes, failed peace talks, territorial disputes not to mention the numerous wars conducted. We will emphasize the sources that generated direct confrontation over the last 66 years (such as Kashmir dispute or cross border issues) in order to be able to identify some future scenarios and eventually outline solutions for regional peace and stability. Some special attention will be paid to the nuclear dimension that determined an escalation in the rivalry between the two powers. India obtaining nuclear weapons has started an arms race in the region, thus opening the path to more conflictual situations such as the Kargil War of 1999. Furthermore, an insight in the issue of terrorism that raises even more tensions in the dispute between India and Pakistan will be useful. Taking into account this problem, we will discuss India's vulnerability to terrorism (pointing out some recent attacks such as the 2006 Mumbai train bombings or the 2008 Mumbai attack), its counterterrorism efforts as well as Pakistani ties with terrorism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]