Amb. Richard Olson on the India-Pakistan Crisis

March 07, 2019 00:09:21
Amb. Richard Olson on the India-Pakistan Crisis
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Amb. Richard Olson on the India-Pakistan Crisis

Mar 07 2019 | 00:09:21

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Show Notes

Last week, tensions between India and Pakistan—sparked by a suicide attack claimed by a Pakistan-based terrorist group—put the world on notice. “The United States has reached a point where it believes that the militants operating out of Pakistan are … a threat, not just to India and to Afghanistan and our forces in Afghanistan, but … a threat to the long-term stability of the Pakistani state,” says Richard Olson, a former U.S. ambassador to Pakistan.

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