TY - BOOK AU - Khan,Saira TI - Nuclear weapons and conflict transformation : the case of India-Pakistan T2 - Asian security studies SN - 9780415375078 U1 - 355.02170954 22 PY - 2009/// CY - London PB - Routledge KW - Nuclear arms control KW - Conflict management N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [184]-195) and index; Introduction -- Studies on conflict transformation -- Ramifications of nuclear weapons acquisition -- Elucidating conflict transformation with nuclear weapons -- The India-Pakistan protracted conflict -- Life-cycle of the protracted conflict -- Introduction of nuclear weapons into the conflict --Crises and wars in the pre-nuclear period -- Crises and non-escalation in the nuclear period -- Futile peace initiatives in the midst of violence -- Conflict transformed -- Potential for conflict termination -- Conclusion ER -