Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 16: Jammu University Vice-Chancellor Prof Umesh Rai today released a book by Dr Surinder Mohan, faculty member of the Department of Strategic and Regional Studies’ (DSRS).
The book, titled `Complex Rivalry: The Dynamics of India-Pakistan Conflict’ has been published by University of Michigan Press (USA).
Prof Umesh Rai was glad to see the accomplishment and motivated the department faculty to keep on such good work and take more such initiatives to publish research works from internationally reputed publishers, primarily from University Presses.
Prof. Virender Koundal, Director DSRS; Prof Pankaj Shrivastva, JUTA President; Dr Mohammad Monir Alam, Dr Ganesh Malhotra, Dr Ranjan Sharma and Ranjeet Kalra were also present on the occasion.
During an elaborate discussion, Prof Virender Koundal and Dr Surinder Mohan briefed the VC about the book and how this study took more than a decade to complete. Then the author briefly summarized the book, Complex Rivalry, which demystifies how the India- Pakistan conflict is one of the most protracted and violent conflicts in global history and why it persists despite the two sides engaged in four major wars and over fifty militarized disputes.
The VC was also briefed another virtue of this well-researched book that it lays down various possible trajectories and provides a comprehensive framework of rivalry transformation in three systematic phases, referred to as “steps to peace,” which the leadership of India and Pakistan must pursue to explore the path of peace-building and make headway to a promising transformation and stable peace in the long run.
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