http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gsssr.2020(V-III).06
10.31703/gsssr.2020(V-III).06
Published : Sep 2020
Preparing for the Future War: India and Pakistan's Changing Military Doctrines
India and Pakistan have been changing their military doctrines at a faster pace. Indians had been since long focused on the policy of preparing them to fight a full-fledged conventional war against Pakistan. It was the nuclearization of Pakistan that forced them to bring change into Indian military doctrine and focus on a limited war than a full-fledged one. This Indian military tilt pressurized Pakistan to fill the gap at the tactical by introducing low yield nuclear weapons in its arsenal. Furthermore, Indians being restricted to initiate limited war against Pakistan opted for the options of surgical strike and, when failed to gain the desired efforts against Pakistan, opted for airstrikes in 2019, which resulted in a severe crisis. There is still a lot to come in future and bring further changes into the military doctrines of the two countries. This qualitative research gives a detailed discussion on the changing military doctrine of India and Pakistan, adding the views of expert informants.
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India, Pakistan, Limited War, Low Yield Nuclear Weapons, Surgical Strikes, Air Strikes
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(1) Ashfaque Ali Banbhan
Assistant Professor, Institute of Commerce, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan.
(2) Hussain Abbas
PhD scholar, School of Politics and International Relations, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
(3) Farooque Ahmed Leghari
Assistant Professor, Department of International Relations, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan.
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Cite this article
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APA : Banbhan, A. A., Abbas, H., & Leghari, F. A. (2020). Preparing for the Future War: India and Pakistan's Changing Military Doctrines. Global Strategic & Security Studies Review, V(III), 51-59. https://doi.org/10.31703/gsssr.2020(V-III).06
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CHICAGO : Banbhan, Ashfaque Ali, Hussain Abbas, and Farooque Ahmed Leghari. 2020. "Preparing for the Future War: India and Pakistan's Changing Military Doctrines." Global Strategic & Security Studies Review, V (III): 51-59 doi: 10.31703/gsssr.2020(V-III).06
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HARVARD : BANBHAN, A. A., ABBAS, H. & LEGHARI, F. A. 2020. Preparing for the Future War: India and Pakistan's Changing Military Doctrines. Global Strategic & Security Studies Review, V, 51-59.
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MHRA : Banbhan, Ashfaque Ali, Hussain Abbas, and Farooque Ahmed Leghari. 2020. "Preparing for the Future War: India and Pakistan's Changing Military Doctrines." Global Strategic & Security Studies Review, V: 51-59
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MLA : Banbhan, Ashfaque Ali, Hussain Abbas, and Farooque Ahmed Leghari. "Preparing for the Future War: India and Pakistan's Changing Military Doctrines." Global Strategic & Security Studies Review, V.III (2020): 51-59 Print.
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OXFORD : Banbhan, Ashfaque Ali, Abbas, Hussain, and Leghari, Farooque Ahmed (2020), "Preparing for the Future War: India and Pakistan's Changing Military Doctrines", Global Strategic & Security Studies Review, V (III), 51-59
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TURABIAN : Banbhan, Ashfaque Ali, Hussain Abbas, and Farooque Ahmed Leghari. "Preparing for the Future War: India and Pakistan's Changing Military Doctrines." Global Strategic & Security Studies Review V, no. III (2020): 51-59. https://doi.org/10.31703/gsssr.2020(V-III).06