Two Editorials from the New York Times

Here are two editorials from the December 8, 2008 edition of the New York Times that summarize the strategic significance of the recent attacks in Mumbai.

OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR
Trouble in the Other Middle East
By ROBERT D. KAPLAN
Published: December 8, 2008

The divisions we split the world into during the cold war have at long last crumbled thanks to the Mumbai terrorist attacks. No longer will we view South Asia as a region distinct from the Middle East. Now there is only one long continuum stretching from the (read more…)

OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR
They Hate Us — and India Is Us
By PATRICK FRENCH
Published: December 8, 2008
London

As an open, diverse and at times chaotic democracy, India has long been a target for terrorism. From the assassination of Mohandas Gandhi in 1948 to the recent attacks in Mumbai, it has faced attempts to change its national character by force. None has yet succeeded. Despite its manifest social failings, India remains the developing world’s most successful experiment in free, plural, large-scale political collaboration. (read more...)

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