‘Saffron Kingdom’ is a film that seeks to reclaim and humanize the Kashmir story after years of misrepresentation by the Indian film industry. It streams in Canada.
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Kashmir’s history as a center of learning and the arts for Hindus, Buddhists and Muslims offers another way of understanding the region – one shaped by centuries of religious coexistence.
Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi are reportedly not on speaking terms after the president tried to take credit for ending a crisis between India and Pakistan.
China has announced the speeding up of a dam project in Pakistan. It follows the suspension of a key water-sharing treaty by India.
Missing from the coverage of Kashmir is the story of Kashmiris as Indigenous Peoples. Their territory has been under multiple occupations since 1947 and they face intensive repression.
The ceasefire between these two nuclear powers appears to be holding, but deeper resolution appears unlikely.
Tensions in South Asia have been taken down a notch with news of a ceasefire – but the conditions for future escalations remain, and mechanisms for peace appear to have been diminished.
A terror attack in Indian-administered Kashmir in late April has seen tensions rise on the subcontinent to their highest level in decades.
Kashmir is one of the most heavily militarised places in the world. In recent weeks, Kashmiris have been subjected to detentions, increased surveillance and home demolitions.
The killing of 26 tourists in Kashmir on April 22 has triggered a sharp escalation in tensions between India and Pakistan, bringing the two nuclear-armed rivals dangerously close to open conflict.
India and Pakistan have engaged in 4 wars since 1947. Tensions over the disputed region of Kashmir have often been the source.
The conflict between India and Pakistan puts two of the world’s nuclear powers head to head.
The worry is no other country will step in to mediate, leaving both sides to settle the conflict alone. A war between the two nuclear nations could be devastating.
The Cuban missile crisis showed the virtue of communication between leaders. India and Pakistan need to heed the lesson.
Pakistan believes an Indian ‘military incursion’ is imminent, following a terror attack last week in Kashmir. Will nuclear deterrence be enough to prevent war again?
The suspension of a 1960 treaty between India and Pakistan has huge ramifications.
India has said it would suspend crucial treaty governing river flows in disputed Kashmir. Pakistan has said any disruption to water supply would be ‘an act of war.’
The Modi government has tried to present Kashmir as a tourist destination despite not guaranteeing security in this region of longstanding conflict.
Tensions are rising between India and Pakistan after the deadliest attack in years in the disputed territory of Kashmir.
Population resettlement has become a part of South Asia’s post-colonialism playbook. The practice causes real harms to ethnic cohesion, solidarity and collective rights.
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Lecturer in International Relations, Flinders University
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Distinguished Professor of Political Science and the Tagore Chair in Indian Cultures and Civilizations, Indiana University
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Lecturer in Global Development Politics, University of York
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Professor of International Relations, Griffith University
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Lecturer (Assistant Professor), Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute, University of Manchester
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Associate Professor, International Politics, Adelaide University
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Instructor, Global Governance, Wilfrid Laurier University
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Professor of History, William & Mary
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Professor of History, Royal Holloway, University of London
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