{"id":2605,"date":"2024-03-23T18:19:43","date_gmt":"2024-03-23T18:19:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/?p=2605"},"modified":"2024-03-23T18:21:01","modified_gmt":"2024-03-23T18:21:01","slug":"kashmir-background-recent-developments-and-u-s-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/?p=2605","title":{"rendered":"Kashmir: Background, Recent Developments, and U.S. Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2605\" class=\"elementor elementor-2605\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ec728ea elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ec728ea\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8ba6df5\" data-id=\"8ba6df5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8273cef elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8273cef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Author:<\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/idsa.in\/idsanews\/south-asian-affairs-specialist-k-alan-kronstadt\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">K. Alan Kronstadt<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><b>Affiliation:<\/b> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.loc.gov\/crsinfo\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Congressional Research Service<\/span><\/a><\/p><p><b>Organization\/Publisher:<\/b> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.loc.gov\/crsinfo\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Congressional Research Service, United States<\/span><\/a><\/p><p><b>Date\/Place:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> January 13, 2020, Washington, U.S.<\/span><\/p><p><b>Type of Literature:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Report<\/span><\/p><p><b>Number of Pages: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">18<\/span><\/p><p><b>Link:\u00a0<\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/crsreports.congress.gov\/product\/pdf\/R\/R45877\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/crsreports.congress.gov\/product\/pdf\/R\/R45877<\/span><\/a><\/p><p><b>Keywords: <\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kashmir, Pakistan, US, India, Communications Blackout<\/span><\/i><\/p><p><b>Brief:<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Congressional Research Service of United States, which aids debates in US Congress, came out with its latest report on the situation in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir which emerged post-August 5, 2019. It was then that India boosted its troop deployment in the disputed region to 1 million boots on ground and it immediately locked down the region which houses over 12 million people. All types of communications were terminated and people were shut in the houses via mandatory and forceful curfews. The report informs the US Congress of what India has done to Kashmir and how it \u201cunilaterally\u201d changed the provisions of Indian Constitution viz-a-viz Kashmir. It refers to the international outcry over Indian steps in Kashmir and how it could undermine regional peace and security by fueling Kashmir militancy. It also mentions the UN and other independent watchdog reports that fault New Delhi for excessive use of force and other abuses in Kashmir. The 24-page report raises certain questions for US Congress as how Washington can use its influence to \u201cbest address potential instability in the region\u201d following the August 5<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> move by India, including the Afghan peace process.<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It also asks whether India\u2019s so-called democratic\/constitutional norms and pluralist traditions are at risk. It reiterates that the long-standing US position on Kashmir is that the territory\u2019s status should be settled through negotiations between India and Pakistan while taking into consideration the wishes of the Kashmiri people.<\/span><\/p><p><b>By:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Riyaz Ul Khaliq, CIGA Non-Resident Research Associate<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author: K. Alan Kronstadt\u00a0 Affiliation: Congressional Research Service Organization\/Publisher: Congressional Research Service, United States Date\/Place: January 13, 2020, Washington, U.S. Type of Literature: Report Number of Pages: 18 Link:\u00a0https:\/\/crsreports.congress.gov\/product\/pdf\/R\/R45877 Keywords: Kashmir, Pakistan, US, India, Communications Blackout Brief: Congressional Research Service of United States, which aids debates in US Congress, came out with its latest report [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":2606,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-south-and-southeast-asia"],"blocksy_meta":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Kashmir.png",1280,1005,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Kashmir-150x150.png",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Kashmir-300x236.png",300,236,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Kashmir-768x603.png",768,603,true],"large":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Kashmir-1024x804.png",1024,804,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Kashmir.png",1280,1005,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Kashmir.png",1280,1005,false]},"author_info":{"info":["CIGA Staff"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/?cat=34\" rel=\"category\">South &amp; Southeast Asia<\/a>","tag_info":"South &amp; Southeast Asia","comment_count":"0","rttpg_featured_image_url":{"full":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Kashmir.png",1280,1005,false],"landscape":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Kashmir.png",1280,1005,false],"portraits":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Kashmir.png",1280,1005,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Kashmir-150x150.png",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Kashmir-300x236.png",300,236,true],"large":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Kashmir-1024x804.png",1024,804,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Kashmir.png",1280,1005,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Kashmir.png",1280,1005,false]},"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"CIGA Staff","author_link":"https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/?author=23"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/?cat=34\" rel=\"category\">South &amp; Southeast Asia<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"Author: K. 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