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Trump, Pakistan, And Kashmir (The Diplomat)

May 16, 2018

From the article:

According to the Center for Global Development, the United States gave nearly $67 billion to Pakistan between 1951 and 2011. As the relationship between the United States and Pakistan turns sour again, an impact on the India-Pakistan relationship looks inevitable, with implications for the Kashmir dispute eventually. But Tony Dalton, co-author of Not War, Not Peace: Motivating Pakistan to Prevent Cross-Border Terrorism, told The Diplomat that it is difficult to make good predictions about how the downturn in U.S.-Pakistan relations might manifest in the region.
 
“Tensions in Kashmir (firings over the LoC, attacks on Indian military bases, civil unrest) have many determinants that are mostly internal to India and Pakistan, whereas Afghanistan clearly features inter-state competition. It would not surprise me to see more attacks on Indian-affiliated locations in Afghanistan in the future,” said Dalton, who is also co-director of the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington D.C.
 

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