Tag: Kashmir

How Kashmir Fits in Turkey’s Agenda for a Global Caliphate

News Analysis NEW DELHI—Turkey seeks to gain credibility in its bid for a global caliphate by championing the Muslim cause in Kashmir, a region divided between India and Pakistan. Behind Turkey’s recent Islamist foreign policy is a history saddled between the first world war that saw the rise of a secular, westernized Turkey and the…


Saudi Arabia Continues ‘Neutrality’ Over Kashmir in Favor of India, While Pakistan Tries to Overturn It

News Analysis NEW DELHI—While Saudi Arabia maintains its neutrality over the Kashmir issue in India’s favor, India’s archrival Pakistan is making all efforts to mend its relations with the Gulf country and is wooing it to change its stance on Kashmir. These diplomatic moves are occurring in the context of India opposing terrorism in Kashmir,…


The CCP’s Agenda in Kashmir

News Analysis NEW DELHI—Propelled by its geostrategic ambitions, China is silently but potently expediting a policy of unrestricted warfare in Kashmir, a region that stands witness to decades of conflict and  territory disputes between India and Pakistan, according to an expert on Kashmir. “I will say the Chinese have a much more sinister, deeper, and…