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Jonah Blank on India-Pakistan conflict

Jonah Blank on India-Pakistan conflict

CNA08-05-2025
At least 45 people have died as India and Pakistan engage in air strikes and intense cross-border shelling. Jonah Blank, Visiting Senior Research Fellow at National University of Singapore's Middle East Institute, talks to Loke Wei Sue from Washington DC.
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