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div pIndia and Pakistan will be among the most important countries in the twenty-first century. In emAvoiding Armageddon/em, Bruce Riedel clearly explains the challenge and the importance of successfully managing America's affairs with these two emerging powers and their toxic relationship./p pBorn from the British Raj, the two nations share a common heritage, but they are different in many important ways. India is already the world's largest democracy and will soon become the planet's most populous nation. Pakistan, soon to be the fifth most populous country, has a troubled history of military coups, dictators, and harboring terrorists such as Osama bin Laden./p pThe longtime rivals are nuclear powers, with tested weapons. They have fought four wars with each other and have gone to the brink of war several times. Meanwhile, U.S. presidents since Franklin Roosevelt have been increasingly involved in the region's affairs. In the past two decades alone, the White House has intervened several times to prevent nuclear confrontation on the subcontinent. South Asia clearly is critical to American national security, and the volatile relationship between India and Pakistan is the crucial f

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Author

Bruce O Riedel; Project Muse

Publisher

Brookings Institution Press

Published

2013

Language

EN

ISBN

9780815724094

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Political Science, History, Language Learning

Rating

4.01 / 5 (61 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14