Archive for July, 2011

The Mumbai attacks, South Asia’s nuclear confrontation, and the “Ottawa Dialogue”

Posted on: July 15th, 2011 by Ernie Regehr

Just two weeks after nuclear-armed India and Pakistan agreed to further
talks on reducing tensions between them,[i] renewed terror attacks in Mumbai threaten to unravel the gains made. But, contrary to the
Globe and Mail’s alarmist headline, “Enraged Indians blame Pakistan,”[ii] the Indian government is actually showing restraint[iii] – a welcome approach encouraged by a remarkable Canadian-led dialogue process involving senior Indians and Pakistanis.

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