India and Pakistan have fought three wars in Kashmir and their conflict now contains the seeds of a nuclear holocaust. This chapter attempts a deeper probe of the India-Pakistan relationship, including the difficulties that India faces in managing, let alone resolving, the Kashmir dispute. Full Story »
Posted by Marsha Iverson
This brief, 2-paragraph summary is the introduction to a brilliant, 36-page analysis (presented in 2001) of the conflict between India, Pakistan, and Kashmir, and the connection with Afghanistan in the conflict. The story concludes with a link to the full text of the presentation. Well worth the effort.
Before we rush to judgment about the causes of the Mumbai terrorist attacks, US diplomats, policymakers and pundits need to fully understand the intracacies of the relationships between India, Pakistan and Afghanistan over Kashmir, as well as the Kashmiri desire for autonomy. It is entirely possible that the bombings had little to do with the USA, and far more to do with the history and economies and resources of the region. Acting without full investigation and analisys could be cataclysmic.
India has for several years been regarded as an emerging or rising state.1 After
decades of unfulfilled promise, it now seems to be inching ahead, with more rapid
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