Analysis
From Moorcroft to Modi: Kashmir Black Day and the Unfinished Struggle for Dignity
By Jawad Khan Every year, 27 October is observed as Kashmir Black Day, marking the arrival of Indian troops in...
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Kashmir between Realpolitik and International Law: The Unfulfilled Promise of 1947
Amir Mushtaq The Kashmir dispute represents a continuing tension between international law and realpolitik. While international law is grounded in...
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Bigwigs behind Kashmir skullduggery
Nisar Ahmed Thakur October occupies a particularly significant place in Kashmir’s chequered history, marked by incidents of betrayal, deceit and...
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The Case India Brought: From Security Council Referral to the Plebiscite Pledge
Muhammad Waleed Akhtar "And covenants, without the sword, are but words, and of no strength to secure a man at...
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Kashmir’s Half-Widows: Suspended Between Hope and Loss
Asma Misbah In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), thousands of women live with a loss that never reaches...
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27 October: The Plebiscite, the Voter Register and Kashmir’s Future
Zainab Noor Indian occupation forces reached Srinagar on October 27, 1947. On the same day, Governor-General Lord Mountbatten stated that...
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Uniform sermons: An attempt to bring Mosque Pulpits under state control
“It is important to recognise that the proposal to introduce a common theme for Friday sermons is not necessarily the...
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Weaponizing Water in South Asia: India’s Hydro-Coercive Strategy and the Indus Waters Treaty
Soma Aslam The contemporary architecture of India is increasingly defined by a dangerous intersection of hindutva ideology, militarized geopolitical posturing,...
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The Instrument of Accession: The Duress Question
Muhammad Waleed Akhtar "To yield to force is an act of necessity, not of will." Rousseau wrote that in The...
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Kashmir’s Disputed Accession: Seventy-Nine Years Without a Final Settlement
Laiba Tariq On the morning of 27 October 1947, Indian aircraft landed at Srinagar. These aircraft were carrying Indian soldiers...
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