Forged by Fire: Consensus on Pakistan
C. Christine Fair, The Hindu | November 25, 2009
The United States and India have long agreed on an ideal Pakistan: a stable, democratic, civilian-controlled state with a commitment to nonproliferation. ++ However, the roads to achieving this ideal were divergent until the Mumbai attacks last year. ++ The so-called ‘Kashmiri groups' had been viewed by the West as India's problem. ++ Yet, a consensus was forged "that did not previously exist about the kind of threat that all Pakistan-based military groups posed to the international community." ++ India is no longer alone in its struggle.
