How India Viewed Traditional U.S. Kashmir Policy: The Powerful Story of a Deeply Frustrating Diplomatic Era

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For decades, How India Viewed Traditional U.S. Kashmir Policy was shaped by a fundamental disagreement over how the Jammu & Kashmir dispute should be understood and managed. Washington often approached Kashmir through the lens of India-Pakistan relations, regional stability, and conflict prevention. New Delhi, however, increasingly viewed this approach as intrusive, unbalanced, and disconnected from … Read more

What Was the Traditional U.S. Position on Kashmir?

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The longstanding U.S. position emphasized peaceful negotiations between India and Pakistan while taking into account the wishes of the people of Jammu & Kashmir. The Congressional Research Service described this as the established American position, while also noting India’s opposition to third-party mediation and Pakistan’s efforts to internationalize the dispute. What Was the Traditional U.S. … Read more

America’s Kashmir Version: The Evolution Of U.S. Policy toward Jammu & Kashmir — From Cold War diplomacy and India-Pakistan Mediation to Washington’s Increasingly India-centric Strategic Relationship and the 2026 Srinagar moment

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America’s Kashmir Version: From Cold War diplomacy and India-Pakistan mediation to Washington’s increasingly India-centric strategic relationship and the 2026 Srinagar moment. The current version is however not necessarily proof that Washington has formally abandoned every element of its longstanding Kashmir position. The August 2026 remarks by Ambassador Sergio Gor are therefore interesting precisely because they … Read more