Radhika Desai returns to PTO to talk about the latest round of violence between India and Pakistan, following the terrorist attack that killed 26 tourists in Indian administered Kashmir on April 22nd. We discussed the situation in Jammu and Kashmir since 2019, when the Hindu nationalist government of Narendra Modi revoked the territory's special status under ... Show More
Aug 20
Resisting Erasure w/ Adam Hanieh, Rafeef Ziadah and Robert Knox
Adam Hanieh, Rafeef Ziadah, and Robert Knox on their new co-authored book, 'Resisting Erasure: Capital, Imperialism and Race in Palestine'. We spoke about the inadequacy of framing the question of Palestine and the Gaza genocide solely as a humanitarian issue and how the Israeli ... Show More
1h 18m
May 16
Cachemire : tout comprendre des tensions entre l’Inde et le Pakistan
Le 22 avril, un groupe islamiste commettait un attentat à Pahalgam, ville touristique du Cachemire indien, provoquant la mort de 26 civils, majoritairement hindous. Le mode opératoire a choqué l’Inde : les assaillants ont demandé à leurs otages de prouver qu’ils étaient musulmans ... Show More
23m 49s
May 17
Until Next Time? The India-Pakistan Truce
This week on Hold Your Fire!, Richard speaks with Crisis Group experts Praveen Donthi, Samina Ahmed, and Pierre Prakash about the India-Pakistan ceasefire after days of clashes sparked by militant attacks in Kashmir and how to prevent the next crisis from spiralling out of contro ... Show More
47m 15s
May 13
Back from the brink: India and Pakistan’s uneasy truce over Kashmir
The Guardian’s south Asia correspondent Hannah Ellis-Petersen reports on the spiralling conflict between India and Pakistan over Kashmir, and how the two nuclear powers agreed a fragile ceasefire. Azhar Qadri, a journalist, explains what the conflict looks like from inside Kashmi ... Show More
30m 17s
May 15
India and Pakistan: what now?
After a short but intense clash, a ceasefire is holding between India and Pakistan, but tensions remain high. Both sides claim victory, but the rapid escalation in the conflict bodes ill for future diplomacy between the two countries. Gideon talks to Professor Sushant Singh, lect ... Show More
22m 15s
May 19
Pourquoi l'Inde et le Pakistan sont-ils en conflit depuis 1947 ?
Pour comprendre le conflit entre l’Inde et le Pakistan, il faut remonter à l’été 1947. Cette année-là, le Royaume-Uni quitte l’Inde, sa plus grande colonie. Mais au lieu d’un départ en douceur, c’est une partition brutale qui est décidée : l’Empire des Indes est scindé en deux Ét ... Show More
2m 27s