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SIMULEX Duquesne 2023: India-Pakistan

A Gumberg Library research guide

Introduction

The topic of this year's SIMULEX Duquesne is the on-going conflict on the Pakistan-India border. The game's focus is on the Indian Subcontinent generally, which includes the Kashmir Conflict, but will also draw in other factors, such as:

  • China's ambitions in the region, which will be a major factor, as well as its dissatisfaction with the current borders with India (over which it launched an invasion in 1962--prompting India's decision to develop nuclear weapons).
  • The abrupt instability in Pakistan, a major client of China, which will be very concerning to Beijing.
  • The declining security situation in Afghanistan as a major Pakistani client, the Taliban, struggles to contain a vicious insurgency led by ISIS-K, and a growing insurgency sparked by other non-Pashun tribal and former Afghan national government remnants.
  • India's growing preoccupation with its own insurgency problems, notably the challenge presented by the Maoist Naxalite Movement, which controls about 20% of its rural hinterland.

On this front page you will find general resources that will be of interest and utility for all participants. On other pages you will find materials directed towards specific teams.

Scenario

Awaiting scenario

Books and Documents

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Journals & Databases

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Political Science and Public Affairs

Military

Economics

History

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