#130: Crisis in Kashmir - a podcast by La Trobe Asia

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India’s government, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has made a controversial move to usurp power from Jammu and Kashmir, the nation’s only Muslim-majority state, Modi says the move marked "a new era" that would free the region of "terrorism and separatism". The actions sparked outcry and unrest over the divided Himalayan territory, which both India and Pakistan claim in its entirety.



Guest: Associate Professor C. Christine Fair (Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University)



Recorded on 15 July, 2019.

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