Four Crises and a Peace Process focuses on four contained conflicts on
the subcontinent. The crises are notable because any one of them could have escalated to a large-scale conflict, or even all-out war, and three took place after India and Pakistan had gone nuclear. Looking for larger trends of peace
and conflict in the region, the authors consider these incidents as cases of
attempted conflict resolution, as instances of limited war by nucleararmed
nations, and as examples of intervention and engagement by the United States and China. They analyze the reactions of Indian, Pakistani,and international media and assess the two countries' decision-making processes.