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Trump stumbles into Kashmir showdown
PoliticoDonald Trump may have to mediate in Kashmir after all.
When the U.S. president suggested last month that he had been asked by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to act as middleman between India and Pakistan over the disputed Himalayan region, it looked like a gauche diplomatic gaffe, and New Delhi promptly shot him down.
Over the past weekend, however, South Asia's most dangerous faultline has flared up to such an extent that it is no longer unthinkable that the world's global policeman could have to step in to cool tensions between two military heavyweights, both armed with nuclear weapons.
On Monday, the Indian government announced it would revoke its part of the state of Jammu and Kashmir's special status as an autonomous region, going back on the agreement that allowed the Muslim-majority state to become part of India in the first place.
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Trump landed himself squarely in the middle of this intractable quagmire on July 22. Seated next to Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan in the White House, he unwittingly dropped a bombshell by claiming Modi had asked him to mediate in Kashmir.
When the U.S. president suggested last month that he had been asked by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to act as middleman between India and Pakistan over the disputed Himalayan region, it looked like a gauche diplomatic gaffe, and New Delhi promptly shot him down.
Over the past weekend, however, South Asia's most dangerous faultline has flared up to such an extent that it is no longer unthinkable that the world's global policeman could have to step in to cool tensions between two military heavyweights, both armed with nuclear weapons.
On Monday, the Indian government announced it would revoke its part of the state of Jammu and Kashmir's special status as an autonomous region, going back on the agreement that allowed the Muslim-majority state to become part of India in the first place.
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Trump landed himself squarely in the middle of this intractable quagmire on July 22. Seated next to Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan in the White House, he unwittingly dropped a bombshell by claiming Modi had asked him to mediate in Kashmir.
What could go wrong...
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