More than 70 years have gone by since the subdivision of the Indian subcontinent but the Kashmir issue still remains to dodge diplomatic answers. Although it is constantly claimed that things are normal, developmental discourses are implemented, and military dominance is maintained, the conflict is still an active one in the territory of regional politics and the international arena. This continuity is very often mistaken as a manifestation of emotional nationalism or historic score to settle, but in reality it is actually the continuity of strategies, legal, and political realities that cannot be eliminated by the sword or rhetoric.

Fundamentally, Kashmir is not a mere issue of territory but a strategic grapple of South Asia. Geographically, the area connects South, Central, and China making it critical to the transnational trade routes, water resources and military arrangements. Control of Kashmir is the entry point to the great fluvial systems, especially the Indus basin, which is central to the Pakistani agricultural and economic security. This geostrategy is important in ensuring that Kashmir will continue to be part of the security calculus of the regional powers regardless of political exhaustions or even diplomatic stalemates.

The persistence of the conflict is also based on the international law. The resolutions of United Nations Security Council that acknowledge Kashmir as a disputed territory have not been........

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