The #Geopolitics of the #Kashmir #Crisis

Kashmir and the US-Russia Power Play in South Asia
By Andrew Korybko
Russia is reluctant to jeopardize its ultra-profitable arms relationship with India by strategically “balancing” South Asia, which is why the US decided to play this irreplaceable role instead by actively seeking to cut deals in both Afghanistan and Kashmir since Moscow lacks the political will to do so. Read more...

Indian Assault on Kashmir in Third Week, Thousands Arrested
By Deepal Jayasekera and Keith Jones
Cell phone and internet access continue to be denied to many of the region’s 13 million residents; and tens of thousands of Indian Army troops and paramilitaries remain deployed in J&K’s cities, towns and villages to intimidate the population and brutally suppress any and all signs of opposition to New Delhi’s August 5 constitutional coup. Read more...

Kashmir and Palestine: Solidarity and Unity in Opposing Global Militarization
By Palestinian BDS National Committee

Introducing through presidential decree legally dubious changes to the Indian constitution, the right-wing government in Delhi has further undermined the internationally-recognized rights of the people of Kashmir, particularly their right to democratically decide on their future, without their knowledge or consent. Read more...

Hair-trigger Nuclear Alert over Kashmir
By Eric Margolis
Two of the world’s most important powers, India and Pakistan, are locked into an extremely dangerous confrontation over the bitterly disputed Himalayan mountain state of Kashmir. Both are nuclear armed. Read more...

India’s Kashmir Crackdown Poses Risk of War
By John Riddell
On August 5, India’s Hindu nationalist government unilaterally revoked the autonomy of the state of Jammu and Kashmir, while flooding the region with troops, imposing a curfew, and shutting down all communications. Read more...

Hong Kong, Kashmir: A Tale of Two Occupations
By Pepe Escobar
Curfew was imposed all across the Kashmir valley. Internet was cut off. All Kashmiri politicians were rounded up and arrested. In fact all Kashmiris – loyalists (to India), nationalists, secessionists, independentists, apolitical – were branded as The Enemy. Welcome to Indian “democracy” under the crypto-fascist Hindutva. Read more...