ELITE PERCEPTIONS IN FOREIGN POLICY: ROLE OF PRINT MEDIA IN INFLUENCING INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS 1989-1999

This study focuses on the entire gamut of Indo-Pak relations post 1989 based on the content analyses of five English language newspapers each from India and Pakistan. It reflects the trends in bilateral issues and discussed possible solutions on each issue. It also reveals the parameter of mistrust and apprehensions within which opinions are conceived and articulated. This study encapsulates that with every setback and pessimism there is a reinvigorating new dynamism in building peace and renewed attempts are tirelessly made to reach out to each other.