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If non-state actors in the region get ahold of nuclear weapons they can use them
Indias development of a nuclear defence system would mean that Pakistan could not hit them, ending mutually assured destruction

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no mutual understanding of deterrence
individuals overriding the agreement, war is inevitable
Pakistan susceptible to military coups

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Mutually assured destruction, they can both nuke each other

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Cheaper to manufacture, Pakistan is poor but can still create these
Gives Pakistan the range to hit India, mutually assured destruction

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need for diplomacy
nuclear deterrence

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follow arc-like trajectory to deliver war heads to a direct target
cheaper than many weapons

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Neither country signed the Nuclear non-proliferation treaty and refused to downsize and halt their programs

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militants taking over government and retaliation for Kashmir.

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Superpowers unable to have any sort of influence in the regional events

Cold War not the reason to develop nuclear weapons, was not the motive

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locks in need for diplomacy.
stabilises.

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pakistan could've been taxed.

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USSR allied with India
US allied with Pakistan

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USA and USSR didn't gaf about local politics.

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India sides with USSR in 1955, threatened by Pakistans relationship with the US

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USSR, due to previous British conflict and conflicting ideologies. along with Pakistan siding with the US.

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- India

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strategic location.
borders china and Afghanistan.
fertile land

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Siachen glacier - largest ingle source of fresh water on the Indian sub-continent

Strategic importance - fertile land, borders with China

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1947 - 49 war India wins 2/3 of Kashmir, Pakistan has 1/3

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strategic purpose, good resources, boarders with China

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britain left the continent in a hurry.
kashmir
conflicting religions

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Trauma of partition post British independence

Area split into India and Pakistan 1947

(West and East Pakistan)

Conflicting ideological-national foundations

India Hindu, Pakistan Muslim

Kashmir

Under British rule regional princes have administrative power over their territories, post-independence princes given the choice between secular India and Muslim Pakistan

In Kashmir the prince was Hindu but the majority of his people were Muslim, he chooses Hindu India, the people protest

Leads to first Kashmir war 1947 – 1949, India wins gains control of 2/3rds of Kashmir

Kashmir has strategic purpose, good resources, boarders with China

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Kasmir dispute
Partition
Religious tensions