Indo-Pakistani Conflict after the 1998 and the Great Power's Crisis Management

This article aims to study great powers’ contribution to the management of Indo-Pakistani conflict after 1998. The main question here is as to how the great powers have engaged in the process of the conflict management during 1998-2010? It is assumed that the great powers have played their roles and been present in this conflict. The above question is addressed through using theory of “great powers management” and “dyadic/extra-dyadic” analysis. The main hypothesis here is that United States, Russia, and China as three great powers have contributed to the management of Indo-Pakistani conflict by exercising their local preponderance, respecting each other spheres of influence, and doing joint actions. The hypothesis is tested by post-event methods. As such, great powers’ role is tested during three case studies, i.e. Kargil War 1999, great stand-off 2001-2, and unfinished confrontation 2008. Lastly, these cases confirm that great powers have succeeded to manage Kargil war 1999 but they did not get any meaningful success in the other two.