Ali Ahmed’s Work Published in ‘Mainstream’

Research Fellow, IDSA, Mr Ali Ahmed’s analytical report titled ‘India-Pakistan: Unlocking the Status Quo' was published in ‘Mainstream’ on February 18, 2012.

Excerpt

India is watching with bated breath as Pakistan attempts to ‘normalise’ its civil-military relations. For India there is considerable benefit in the outcome going a certain way. It looks forward to a dividend in the outbreak of democratic peace. Resolving Kashmir amicably would be a positive fallout. The incentives towards this end, of expanding trade ties, have been on offer for long. The Lahore peace initiative was a fore-runner. Whether Pakistan bites is not for India to determine, it is an internal matter of Pakistan. India sees its problem as one of managing the interim.

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