Brookings President Strobe Talbott interviews noted historian and author William Dalrymple about his new report on a contest for power and influence in one of the world's most dangerous regions.
In "A Deadly Triangle: Afghanistan, India, and Pakistan," Dalrymple says that we look at the conflict in Afghanistan "through the wrong pair of glasses." Instead of being the Taliban against America, he says, the reality is that Pakistan supports the Afghan Taliban to avoid being surrounded by India. Dalrymple also explores the post-2014 landscape as the U.S. and allies withdraw from Afghanistan, when an already-dangerous neighborhood has the potential to become more deadly.
In this video, Talbott and Dalrymple also discuss the role of religion in the ongoing India-Pakistan rivalry; Pakistan's self-created internal security threat from the "Talibanization of Pakistan"; and whether or not the Pakistani military and intelligence communities could have known that Osama bin Laden was living in Abbottabad.
With publication of "A Deadly Triangle," Brookings inaugurates The Brookings Essay, which will feature commissioned works on major topics of public policy by distinguished authors, including Brookings scholars.
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