Notes India and Pakistan: Together Forging a New Way Forward

Authors

  • Huma Naz Siddiqi Baqai
  • Hashir Ibne Irshad
  • Jerome Joseph
  • Simrit Kaur
  • Robert E. McNulty

Abstract

For too long the people of Pakistan and India have been held hostage to a conflict that should have been resolved decades ago. As a result, countless lives have been lost, millions of people have been kept in a state of insecurity and poverty, economic opportunities have been squandered, and the goodwill of cultural exchanges has been sacrificed. This sorry state of affairs has global implications, especially since both countries are nuclear powers. Too much ransom has been paid. The time has come to forge a new way forward, based on direct people-to-people cooperation that serves the mutual benefit of both countries, the region, and the world. With this mind, we, the five authors of this essay, came together for a week at Bentley University in Massachusetts, USA, to discuss how we in business and academia could work to advance peace at the direct people-to-people level. What follows are our initial thoughts.

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Published

2020-02-18