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Angry Planet

How the U.S. got caught between two nuclear neighbors

Angry Planet

Matthew Gault

History, Politics, News, Conflict, War, Government

4.2898 Ratings

🗓️ 11 August 2016

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

It's a situation where the United States has interesting choices to make. India and Pakistan are often at each other's throats. Both want U.S. support. Both are allies of necessity for the United States. Both have nuclear weapons.

This week on War College we look at a delicate balancing act, where diplomatic failure by the United States could have deadly repercussions for millions.

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The opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the participants, not of Reuters News. This is the kind of scenario that certainly here in Washington policy makers do think about

0:24.4

and consider to be probably is one of the most likely ways you could see two nuclear powers

0:29.6

actually go to war in the near future. It's a situation where the United States has interesting choices to make.

0:40.0

It's a situation where the United States has interesting choices to make.

0:44.4

India and Pakistan are often at each other's throats.

0:48.0

Both want U.S. support.

0:49.9

Both are allies of necessity for the U.S.

0:53.6

And both have nuclear weapons.

0:55.8

This week on War College, we look at a delicate balancing

0:59.1

act where diplomatic failure by the U.S.

1:02.2

could have deadly repercussions for millions.

1:05.0

You're listening to War College, a weekly discussion of a world in conflict focusing on the stories behind the front lines.

1:18.0

Here's your host'm Jason Fields. Hello and welcome to War College.

1:28.0

I'm Jason Fields with Reuters.

1:30.0

And I'm Matthew Galt with Wars Boring.

1:33.0

Today we're talking with Daniel Markey.

1:35.0

He's a senior research professor at Johns Hopkins University and an expert on Pakistan and India.

1:42.0

So Daniel, thank you so much for joining us.

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