The Kashmir conflict has acquired a multifaceted character. On the one hand, it involves national and territorial contestations between India and Pakistan and on the other, various political demands by religious, linguistic, regional and ethnic groups in both parts of the divided Kashmir that range from seeking affirmative discrimination, a separate political status within the state, to outright secession. Peace has eluded Kashmir so far because a state-centric peace process is at odds with its plural social realities and multiple fault lines. The article identifies the key challenges for the peace process that includes extending its outreach to all the local stakeholders in a multi-layered dialogue with a mandate to evolve political and institutional processes and mechanisms for addressing different—if not divergent—aspirations of its diverse communities, without undermining the plural character of its society. The prognosis in the foreseeable future entails a roller-coaster ride with no clear endgame in sight.

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克什米尔冲突：多条断层线

克什米尔冲突具有多方面的特点。一方面涉及印巴两国的国家和领土争夺，另一方面涉及分裂的克什米尔两地的宗教、语言、地区和族裔群体提出的各种政治诉求，包括寻求肯定性歧视、独立的政治地位。在国家内部，彻底分裂。迄今为止，克什米尔一直未能实现和平，因为以国家为中心的和平进程与其多元社会现实和多重断层线背道而驰。本文确定了和平进程面临的主要挑战，包括在多层次对话中将其外展范围扩大到所有当地利益相关者，其任务是发展政治和体制进程和机制，以解决其不同社区的不同（如果不是不同的）愿望。 ，而不破坏其社会的多元性。在可预见的未来，预测将像过山车一样，看不到明确的结局。