{"id":5813,"date":"2024-03-30T16:44:08","date_gmt":"2024-03-30T16:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/?p=5813"},"modified":"2024-03-30T16:45:17","modified_gmt":"2024-03-30T16:45:17","slug":"the-case-for-a-kashmir-peace-deal-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/?p=5813","title":{"rendered":"The Case for A Kashmir Peace Deal\u2014Now"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5813\" class=\"elementor elementor-5813\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-853f7a4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"853f7a4\" 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-3c72b76\" data-id=\"3c72b76\" 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-896a2d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"896a2d0\" 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:\/\/www.skidmore.edu\/political_science\/faculty\/biberman\/index.php\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Yelena Biberman<\/span><\/a><\/p><p><b>Affiliation: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Skidmore College, (Saratoga Springs, New York), fellow at Modern War Institute at West Point, and nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council\u2019s South Asia Center (Washington, D.C.)<\/span><\/p><p><b>Organization\/Publisher: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/mwi.usma.edu\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Modern War Institut<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">e at West Point<\/span><\/p><p><b>Date\/Place:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> February 11, 2021\/USA<\/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\"> 21<\/span><\/p><p><b>Link:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/mwi.usma.edu\/the-case-for-a-kashmir-peace-deal-now\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/mwi.usma.edu\/the-case-for-a-kashmir-peace-deal-now\/<\/span><\/a><\/p><p><b>Keywords: <\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kashmir, Pakistan, China, India, US, Joe Biden, Indo-Pacific, Nuclear flash point.<\/span><\/i><\/p><p><br \/><br \/><br \/><br \/><\/p><p><b>Brief:\u00a0<\/b><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In this report prepared by a fellow at the Modern War Institute at West Point, the author navigates how Washington will deal with the UN-recognized Kashmir dispute in its foreign policy on South Asia. However, the report completely annihilates the UN-granted right to self-determination which has been agreed to by India, Pakistan and the international community to seal the political fate of Kashmiris. Think tanks and political observers based in Washington DC have mostly set out a foreign policy framework for the US rather than taking into account the historic realities of conflicts and disputes. Kashmir is a victim of this duplicity. The author links India\u2019s so-called peace deal on Kashmir to the US strengthening its role in the Indo-Pacific region where Washington is joining its allies to counter China, while withdrawing from Afghanistan. She sees striking such a deal in the next four years under President Joe Biden as ensuring democratic freedoms and human rights, rather than being a travesty of justice. Both Afghanistan and Kashmir are cases of occupation. The rebels fighting in Indian-occupied Kashmir are fighting an occupation and are not linked to global terror groups. Manipulation of a genuine armed resistance is genocidal for a genuine struggle like those of Kashmiris. The author also discusses China\u2019s interest in Kashmir, linking it to the larger Belt and Road Initiative\u2019s flagship China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). She argues that Beijing wants stability in Gilgit-Baltistan, a part of Jammu and Kashmir which existed before 1947, for the CPEC that runs into Pakistan. She also touches upon the excitement among people of Indian-occupied Kashmir about China\u2019s expansion in the Himalayas, more recently in Ladakh area, which the besieged people see as a hope. It was due to Chinese help that Pakistan secured three sittings with the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) since August 05, 2019 when India annexed the disputed region. However, the author neglects to discuss the role of the UNSC over Kashmir which calls for a free and fair plebiscite to decide where the entire Jammu and Kashmir should go \u2013 India or Pakistan.<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><b>By:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Riyaz ul Khaliq, Non-Resident CIGA 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: Yelena Biberman Affiliation: Skidmore College, (Saratoga Springs, New York), fellow at Modern War Institute at West Point, and nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council\u2019s South Asia Center (Washington, D.C.) Organization\/Publisher: Modern War Institute at West Point Date\/Place: February 11, 2021\/USA Type of Literature: Report Number of Pages: 21 Link: https:\/\/mwi.usma.edu\/the-case-for-a-kashmir-peace-deal-now\/ Keywords: Kashmir, Pakistan, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":5814,"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-5813","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\/The-Case-for-A-Kashmir-Peace-Deal\u2014Now.jpg",1200,640,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/The-Case-for-A-Kashmir-Peace-Deal\u2014Now-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/The-Case-for-A-Kashmir-Peace-Deal\u2014Now-300x160.jpg",300,160,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/The-Case-for-A-Kashmir-Peace-Deal\u2014Now-768x410.jpg",768,410,true],"large":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/The-Case-for-A-Kashmir-Peace-Deal\u2014Now-1024x546.jpg",1024,546,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/The-Case-for-A-Kashmir-Peace-Deal\u2014Now.jpg",1200,640,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/The-Case-for-A-Kashmir-Peace-Deal\u2014Now.jpg",1200,640,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\/The-Case-for-A-Kashmir-Peace-Deal\u2014Now.jpg",1200,640,false],"landscape":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/The-Case-for-A-Kashmir-Peace-Deal\u2014Now.jpg",1200,640,false],"portraits":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/The-Case-for-A-Kashmir-Peace-Deal\u2014Now.jpg",1200,640,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/The-Case-for-A-Kashmir-Peace-Deal\u2014Now-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/The-Case-for-A-Kashmir-Peace-Deal\u2014Now-300x160.jpg",300,160,true],"large":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/The-Case-for-A-Kashmir-Peace-Deal\u2014Now-1024x546.jpg",1024,546,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/The-Case-for-A-Kashmir-Peace-Deal\u2014Now.jpg",1200,640,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/The-Case-for-A-Kashmir-Peace-Deal\u2014Now.jpg",1200,640,false]},"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"CIGA Staff","author_link":"https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/?author=22"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/?cat=34\" rel=\"category\">South &amp; Southeast Asia<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"Author: Yelena Biberman Affiliation: Skidmore College, (Saratoga Springs, New York), fellow at Modern War Institute at West Point, and nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council\u2019s South Asia Center (Washington, D.C.) 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