Pushing South Asia Toward the Brink

fpif.org by Zia Mian | Jul. 27, 2009 (Opinion)

The contradictions and confusions in U.S. policy in South Asia were on full display during Secretary of State Hilary Clinton's recent visit to India. U.S. support for India, which centers on making money, selling weapons, and turning a blind eye to the country's nuclear weapons, is fatally at odds with U.S. policy and concerns about Pakistan. By enabling an India-Pakistan arms race, rather than focusing on resolving the conflict and helping them make ... Full Story »

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 by Tanya J. Maurer - Jul. 29, 2009

A basic reordering of U.S. priorities in South Asia is long overdue. The first principle of U.S. policy in the region should be to do no more harm. This means it has to stop feeding the fire between India and Pakistan. Only an end to the South Asian arms race can begin to undo the structures of fear, hostility, and violence that have sustained the conflict in the subcontinent for so long. The search for peace may then have at least a chance of success.

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