International conflicts are the cause of instability in the life of society and the state. The article, on the example of the Kashmir conflict, raises the problem of the intervention of the Great Powers in internal and external conflicts. The article describes the influence of key countries at the time of the conflict, provides different points of view on the solution of the Kashmir issue. The foreign policy of the USSR / Russia, the USA and China regarding the Kashmir issue and the goals of these were analyzed in details. In conclusion, the author comes to the conclusion that the resolution of the Kashmir conflict continues to be problematic in nowadays, so far as the Great Powers purposes not to resolve the conflict, but to realise their geostrategic interests.

Khaltakshinova Diana Valentinovna, Postgraduate, Historical Faculty, Irkutsk State University, 1, K. Marx st., Irkutsk, 664026, Russian Federation, tel.: 8(3952)24–07–00, e-mail: Diande_haltakshinova@mail.ru

Knaltakshinova D.V. The Geopolitical Interests of Great Powers in the Indo-Pakistan Conflict. The Bulletin of Irkutsk State University. Series History, 2019, vol. 30, pp. 85-91. https://doi.org/10.26516/2222-9124.2019.30.85 (in Russian)

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