C. Christine Fair, The Atlantic: India’s and Pakistan’s Lies Thwarted a War—For Now
Lying about facts to de-escalate tension in Kashmir is a playbook they’ve both used before.
In May 1999, New Delhi discovered that Pakistani intruders had seized Himalayan posts in Kargil, part of Indian-controlled Kashmir. Initially, the Indian government believed that these infiltrators were scruffy mujahideen when in fact they were paramilitary soldiers, officered by Pakistan’s army. Curiously, India publicly maintained the fiction that they were militants well after their identity was discovered. Counterintuitively, the falsehood facilitated a de-escalation of a conflict that had already become a limited war.
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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- March 8, 2019
India and Pakistan Pull Back From the Brink in Kashmir, For Now -- RCW/Stratfor
Why India and Pakistan Avoided Nuclear War -- Phillip Orchard & Xander Snyder, RCW
Kashmir edges closer to the brink -- Ayesha Ray, East Asia Forum
US struggles to get European troops for Syria -- Laura Rozen, Al-Monitor
ISIS Supporters Around the World Rally for Steep Escalation in Online Jihad -- Bridget Johnson, PJ Media
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US tries in vain to pull Nepal into its orbit -- Bhim Bhurtel, Asia Times
'2019 will go down as a year of liberation for Venezuela' -- Oliver Pieper, DW
The next crash: why the world is unprepared for the economic dangers ahead -- Grace Blakeley, New Statesman
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