Kashmir, the egalitarian shared sovereignty and what
Kashmiris are concerned about?
We
introduced the EGALITARIAN SHARED SOVEREIGNTY last time. Today, we will present
some key elements related to Kashmir. Next time both are combined (the
EGALITARIAN SHARED SOVEREIGNTY and the elements below) to offer a potential
ideal solution to Kashmir.
There are
several agents in this particular dispute with various features in terms of
population and therefore, there are undoubtedly several differences amongst
them. In what follows, some of these differences will be used to show how the
egalitarian shared sovereignty works.
For example,
India presents the largest of the three populations with 1,210,854,977 people (Census India 2011) and the
biggest economy with a nominal GDP per capita of 1,617 (International Monetary Fund estimates for 2015–in U$S
dollars). Meanwhile, Pakistan has a population of 132,352,279
people (Census Pakistan 1998;
the only official figure so far) with a nominal
GDP per capita of 1,450 (International
Monetary Fund estimates for 2015–in U$S dollars.) and Jammu and
Kashmir showed a total of 12,541,302 people [Figure and percentages referred to the state of Jammu
and Kashmir that includes Kashmir, Jammu, and Ladakh (Census India 2011)] with no
official figures with regard to their GDP per capita (there is no International Monetary Fund estimate for
Jammu and Kashmir).
By
combining these figures features, it is easy to see that India is both larger
in terms of population and nominal GDP per capita in comparison to Pakistan,
and this offers a difference in this conflict that can help to achieve a
solution. That is because in relation to the inhabitants of both parts of
Kashmir (under Indian and Pakistani administration), although they do think the
dispute is important for them personally, for a very large majority the main
concerns are other issues. Unemployment, government corruption, poor economic
development, human rights abuses are what the Kashmiris are really interested
in.
NOTE:
This post is based on Jorge Emilio Núñez, “Territorial Disputes and State
Sovereignty: International Law and Politics,” London and New York: Routledge,
Taylor and Francis Group, 2020 (forthcoming)
Previous
published research monograph about territorial disputes and sovereignty by the
author, Jorge Emilio Núñez, “Sovereignty Conflicts and International Law and
Politics: A Distributive Justice Issue,” London and New York: Routledge, Taylor
and Francis Group, 2017.
NEXT
POST: Kashmir and the application of the egalitarian shared sovereignty
Monday 07th October 2019
Dr Jorge Emilio Núñez
Twitter: @London1701
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