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What are the political and environmental contexts of the Siachen Glacier conflict? Comment on the possibility of environmental peace – keeping and collaborative arrangements being worked out with Pakistan on this aspect. (250 words)

  • UPSC 2012
  • 20 marks
  • India and South Asia

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Siachen, one of the longest non-polar glaciers, is the highest battlefield in the world. Stephen P. Cohen (1999) likened India and Pakistan here to "two bald men fighting over a comb". Yet the stakes are real, and much of its cost comes from the environment itself, which is why environmental cooperation has been proposed as…

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  • Political context
  • Environmental context
  • Can environmental peace-keeping work?
  • Conclusion
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