Peacekeeping: a choice between stability and peace? A study on the effects of peacekeeping on peacemaking in the India-Pakistan Conflict

Abstract: This study has the ambition to illuminate the relationship between peacekeeping and peacemaking. J.Michael Greig and Paul F. Diehl found in their study “Peacekeeping-Peacemaking dilemma” an interesting connection between the presence of a peacekeeping force and the failure of peacemaking process. This study will explore the connection between peacekeeping and a peace process through a qualitative case study of an enduring rivalry: the India-Pakistan Conflict. The two states have suffered four wars and multiple crises during a conflict starting since the independence of the two states. This study focuses on the role of UNMOGIP in the complex conflict to unravel its possible effects on the peace process. The study seeks to expand knowledge and unexplored dimensions of both of the India-Pakistan conflict and effects of peacekeeping