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A new USIP report examines online discourse in the Arab world and emerging trends of the blogosphere. Countries: Asia, Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kashmir, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Pakistan, Palestinian Territories, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria
| Issue Areas: Communications and Media, Science and Technology, Youth
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The recent formation of the Federation of Jammu and Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry has the potential to play a promising role in future efforts to reduce tensions between India and Pakistan over the disputed territory of Kashmir. In the special report, "Promoting Cross-Line of Control Trade in Kashmir," author Moeed Yusuf provides in-depth analysis of the fledgling entity and a concrete illustration of the opportunities and challenges of the way forward. |
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In this report, a duo of experts from India and Pakistan explore the prospect of "making borders irrelevant" in Kashmir through increased movement of people, goods and services across the "Line of Control." The findings draw on the results of a survey of stakeholders and public opinion on both sides. Countries: India, Kashmir, Pakistan
| Issue Areas: Conflict Management and Resolution, Economics and Development, Peacebuilding
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The picturesque Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir, for centuries a model of harmony and coexistence, has been ravaged by conflict for sixty years, caught in a tug-of-war between historical rivals India and Pakistan. Now that both nations are nuclear powers, some see the Kashmir issue as a flash point for what could become a nuclear war. In My Kashmir, Wajahat Habibullah lays out the intricate web of issues at the root of the conflict: ethnicity, religion, national identity, friction between national and local government, and territory.
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The ongoing territorial dispute between India and Pakistan over the status of the contested areas of Jammu and Kashmir (henceforth Kashmir) is well known and well documented. This study acknowledges that any resolution of this dispute may be many years in the making. Countries: India, Kashmir, Pakistan
| Issue Areas: Negotiation and Diplomacy, Terrorism and Political Extremism
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The U.S. Institute of Peace recently hosted Farooq Kathwari, head of the Kashmir Study Group, to discuss the prospects for peace in Kashmir. Kathwari’s personal involvement and commitment to the peace process give him a unique ability to see potential for a way around the obstacles in this seemingly intractable conflict. Countries: India, Kashmir, Pakistan
| Issue Areas: Conflict Management and Resolution, Negotiation and Diplomacy, Peacebuilding
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Countries: Kashmir
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At first glance, India and Pakistan today seem closer to peace than at any point in the past several decades. Yet the current détente process between India and Pakistan suffers from the same structural infirmities that led past peace initiatives to collapse. peacemakers might do well to focus on the problems of the state’s peoples—thus building a base from which creative democratic solutions might eventually emerge. Countries: India, Kashmir, Pakistan
| Issue Areas: Conflict Management and Resolution, Peacebuilding
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Countries: Kashmir, United States
| Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis, Peacebuilding, Security and Strategy
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