According to the New York Times, India recorded the second highest number of terrorist incidents from 2004-2007 after Iraq.
The world's largest democracy, which contains more than 1 billion people, dozens of languages and an untold number of religions, is struggling to cope with a plethora of dangerous extremist elements inside the country.
One of the objectives of the latest round of indiscriminate violence was to incite hostilities between Hindus and Muslims. As of now, the Indian populace has remained united and calm, but religious wars tend to simmer for years before coming to bloody fruition (i.e. the devestating clashes between Hindus and Muslims subsequent to the creation of Pakistan in 1947).
For a summary on the recent bombings in India: see the following link:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/leading_article/article4412495.ece
Question: If a religious civil war were to break out in India, how should the United States respond? What are the options for high-level policymakers? How could India's nuclear arsenal be secured?
Hopefully, the best and the brightest at the Departments of State and Defense have actionable contingency plans for such a catastrophic event.
The world's largest democracy, which contains more than 1 billion people, dozens of languages and an untold number of religions, is struggling to cope with a plethora of dangerous extremist elements inside the country.
One of the objectives of the latest round of indiscriminate violence was to incite hostilities between Hindus and Muslims. As of now, the Indian populace has remained united and calm, but religious wars tend to simmer for years before coming to bloody fruition (i.e. the devestating clashes between Hindus and Muslims subsequent to the creation of Pakistan in 1947).
For a summary on the recent bombings in India: see the following link:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/leading_article/article4412495.ece
Question: If a religious civil war were to break out in India, how should the United States respond? What are the options for high-level policymakers? How could India's nuclear arsenal be secured?
Hopefully, the best and the brightest at the Departments of State and Defense have actionable contingency plans for such a catastrophic event.