Mapping of Outsource Diplomatic Initiatives: A Case of Pakistan-India Relations

Abstract

Pakistan and India share common history of hundreds of years as one country. The prepartition history represents different political and social tussles of Muslims and Hindus. This divide of ambitions is also present in recent India and Pakistan. Some outstanding issues like Kashmir are of pivotal importance in bilateral relations of both countries; both have fought bloody wars due to these unresolved issues. Dialogue and diplomacy has helped both countries to normalise their relations after these gory conflicts like Tashkent and Shimla accords. Outsource diplomacy refers to covert and informal lines of communication held open between two adversaries. It is often communicated through an informal intermediary or through a third party. In this discourse the disputant parties interact in an external sphere of normal circle of communication. When it refers to Pakistan and India It represents the unofficial and informal channels of communications to settle disputes. Back door has helped both states to normalise relations and cover up their trust deficit for peaceful coexistence