India-Pakistan Renewed Talks Offer Strategic Opportunity
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India-Pakistan Renewed Talks Offer Strategic Opportunity

Explainer Video by Daniel S. Markey, Speaker

March 3, 2011 4:07 pm (EST)

India-Pakistan Renewed Talks Offer Strategic Opportunity
Explainer Video

Daniel Markey, Senior Fellow for India, Pakistan, and South Asia at the Council on Foreign Relations, discusses the strategic importance of normalizing India-Pakistan relations, for the region as well as the United States.

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