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.
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In Indian-administered Kashmir, the Indian government is using tourism as a tactic to strengthen its colonial control of the region.
Kashmir has been in conflict since 1947, despite repeated UN and US interventions. An expert in security studies explains why international law has failed to keep the peace.
India’s Modi government has used populist rhetoric to scare the public and turn Kashmiri Muslims into symbols of terrorist violence. The news media in India seems to be following along.
The situation in Kashmir shows that colonisation isn’t just done by Europeans – India has a long history of it too.
India recently revoked a special provision that ended the autonomy of the state of Jammu and Kashmir. Here’s the history of the constitutional provision, Article 370.
While the world avoids calling the crime by its name, Kashmiris are facing an ongoing genocide.
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We focus on Kashmir in the third part of our India Tomorrow podcast series: its history, the lives of its people, and the conflict over its future.
This is a transcript of episode three of The Anthill podcast series India Tomorrow on Kashmir.
India and Pakistan have been fighting for control over Kashmir, an 86,000-square-mile territory in the Himalayas, for seven decades. But the people of Kashmir have their own political goals too.
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Lecturer in Global Development Politics, University of York
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Professor, Anthropology and Gender Studies, University of Northern Colorado
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Head of department, University of Staffordshire
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Professor of History, Royal Holloway, University of London
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Distinguished Professor of Political Science and the Tagore Chair in Indian Cultures and Civilizations, Indiana University
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Professor of History, William & Mary
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PhD Student, Department of Political Studies, International Relations, Queen's University, Ontario
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Adjunct and Professor Emerita, Politics, University of Victoria
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Lecturer (Assistant Professor), Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute, University of Manchester
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PhD Candidate, University of Iowa; Bangladesh University of Professionals
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Host of The Anthill Podcast, The Conversation
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Professor, University of Victoria
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Associate Professor at the Department of Sociology, University of Warwick