Piotr Balcerowicz is Professor at the University of Warsaw, Poland and Professor at the University of Munich, Germany. He specialises in Asian and Western philosophical traditions, in particular, Indian philosophies and religions, South Asian history, international relations, political philosophy and human rights. His latest book is Early Asceticism in India (Routledge, 2016).Agnieszka Kuszewska, political scientist, is Associate Professor at the Jagiellonian University, Poland. She specialises in international relations, conflict and security studies, geostrategic specificity and contemporary history of South Asia. She is the author of three books, including Understanding Pakistan. Radicalization, terrorism and other challenges (2015).

• 1. Introduction Part 1: The legal status of Pakistan-administered Jammu and Kashmir 2. The right to self-determination 3. Pakistan vis-à-vis Azad Jammu and Kashmir 4. Pre-Constitution Azad Jammu and Kashmir vis-à-vis Pakistan 5. Azad Jammu and Kashmir vis-à-vis Pakistan: the Constitution 6. Pakistan vis-à-vis Gilgit-Baltistan 7. New Legal tremors in Gilgit-Baltistan 8. Pakistan vis-à-vis Chitral Part 2: The legal status of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir 9. India vis-à-vis Jammu and Kashmir 10. Jammu and Kashmir vis-à-vis India 11. The State of Jammu and Kashmir and international ramifications 12. The 2019 debacle Part 3: The prospects for solving the conflict with protection of human rights in Kashmir 13. Introduction: decoding the Indo–Pakistani conflict 14. Theorising resolution and reconciliation with reference to Kashmir dispute 15. Kashmir conflict resolution: selected attempts 16. Current security and economic dynamics 17. Yearning for a resolution: ‘new India’ and ‘new Pakistan’? 18. Conclusion/epilogue