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By Sumantra Bose
09 Jun 2009 |
World Politics Review
From its genesis, the Kashmir conflict has been defined by competition between
India and Pakistan over the national identity of Kashmir's population.
But the elites of both countries have also made the territory central
to their respective principles of nation-statehood. Although resembling a long-running territorial dispute
between two sovereign states, the contemporary Kashmir conflict is much
more complicated and multi-dimensional than that.
By Brian Calvert
09 Jun 2009 |
World Politics Review
Velupillai Prabhakaran, the deceased leader of the Tamil Tigers, once
likened himself to a spider in the center of a web. But over the past two years, the Sri
Lankan military methodically, unflinchingly pulled his web apart,
ultimately dismantling one of the most sophisticated insurgencies in
the world. Still, though Prabhakaran is no more, the root causes of the original insurrection survive him.
By Gareth Jenkins
09 Jun 2009 |
World Politics Review
History has taught veteran Cyprus-watchers to regard any expressions of
optimism with at least a degree of skepticism. Indeed, so many false
dawns have come and gone over the years that one of the greatest
challenges facing anyone who attempts to break the deadlock is to
overcome the sense of fatigue that quickly sets in whenever the
momentum begins to falter.