Power versus Peace Model: The Modelling of Peace in Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir in a New Regional Realignment

Abstract

The study investigates the complicated situation of stalemate between India and Pakistan. The
study maintains that the geo-economical and geo-regional significance of China Pakistan Economic
Corridor (CPEC) has a leaner relationship with geostrategic importance in the South Asian regional
setting. The degree of interdependence between China and Pakistan could be a gentle nudge to
Pakistan's peace efforts. CPEC carry spillover effects and the potential to shake the equilibrium in
geo-regional and geostrategic paradigm. Peace in Kashmir is the first time in China's best interest as
an emerging global power. Beijing is now a beneficiary of peace in the region to maintain its linear
relationship with the Chinese rise. The absence of the powerful broker was a missing factor that
kept the Kashmir dispute lingering. The study's main contribution is to devise the peace formula,
keeping in mind the changing regional dynamics. The lack of the USA's commitment to resolving the
Kashmir issue was because there was a missing link of geographic proximity and interdependence.
At the same time, Beijing has a direct geographic connection with Kashmir, India, and Pakistan. It
could play a powerful peace broker's role if the interdependence between Islamabad and Beijing
increases. It is the right time to keep the Kashmir dispute priority, keeping the geostrategic
dimension from Unipolar to the bipolar world. China has a crucial role.