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Countering Terror with Trade through Gilgit Baltistan
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Institute for Gilgit Baltistan Studies Institute for Gilgit Baltistan Studies
Washington, DC
Tuesday, July 9, 2013

 
Gilgit-Baltistan is critical to China's push to control sea-lanes in the Indian Ocean and it has the potential to become the locus of various anti-American forces, including the Taliban. Sole reliance on militaristic strategies has led to closed borders, a weakened regional economy and the emergence of safe havens for militants. A winning solution for both the people of the region and the United States is to reduce the military's footprint and replace it with economic development and trade. To read full article, follow Atlantic Community vi http://www.atlantic-community.org/-/countering-terror-with-trade-the-silk-route-to-gilgit-baltistan

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