Cyber Warfare between India and Pakistan: Implications for the Region
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https://doi.org/10.47205/jdss.2025(6-I)03Keywords:
Collaborative Environment, Confidence Building Measures (CBMs), Cyberspace, Digital Technologies, Nuclearization, Realist PerspectiveAbstract
This study is to explore the cyber warfare waging between India and Pakistan has developed into a more important part of their geopolitical rivalry, which severely alters the fate of the region in terms of stability and security. The main aim of this study on the consequences of cyber operations between these countries, which have previously been aggravated due to politics, territorial issues, and military confrontation. Cyber capabilities in both nations are put on their strategic arsenal, for this new type of warfare has many different and novel risks such as disruption of critical infrastructures, economic losses, and the psychological impact on civilian populations. The paper studies scope and scale in that it takes the investigation into the cyber attacks from sides and what tactics, targets, and engineering it has possible. The greater part of these cyber confrontations is brought into a study on greater international importance concerning South Asian security dynamics .The methodolgy used in this article is qualitative method. The result of this study is to constituting not only state systems but also growing militarization of cyberspace, the study calls for increased and more innovative regional cooperation in putting together robust frameworks for cyber security for preventing escalated cyber conflicts into full-scale war. This research recommends the India and Pakistan requires a multifaceted approach that includes diplomatic dialogue, enhanced cyber security cooperation, clear rules of engagement, public awareness, and international support.
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