Kashmir: fundamentalism takes root.
There will be no safety for either India and Pakistan without stability in Kashmir, but this will require cooperation from the Kashmiris. Politicians in both nations see only the Kashmir they want to see: For Pakistan, it is a Muslim land longing to join its Islamic neighbor and welcoming the inte...
| Published in: | Foreign Affairs Vol. 78; no. 6; pp. 36 - 54 |
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November/December 1999
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