Introduction -- Studies on conflict transformation -- Scholarship on ramifications of nuclear weapons acquisition -- Elucidating conflict transformation with nuclear weapons -- The India-Pakistan protracted conflict -- Life of the protracted conflict -- Introduction of nuclear weapons in the conflict --Crises and wars in the pre-nuclear period -- Crises and non-escalation in the nuclear period -- Futile peace initiatives in the midst of violence -- Conflict transformed -- Potential for conflict termination -- Conclusion.