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The Kashmir conflict is the major source of tension between India and Pakistan. Each controls a portion of Jammu and Kashmir which is divided along the line of control (LoC). They have fought three wars and developed nuclear weapons as a result of this conflict. This article describes the conflict that developed with the British partition of India and why a peaceful solution has been so difficult to attain. The authors list eleven proposed solutions and why none of them are completely acceptable to all sides. In the end they suggest why a continuation of the status quo is likely the only peaceful way forward. Adapted from the source document.

The thirty‐year conflict between Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland that cost more than 3,600 lives finally gave way to a new era of peace following the establishment of a power‐sharing government on December 3, 1999. This article first discusses the conflict and the peace process leading to the formation of a power‐sharing Executive Council, and its precipitous abeyance and reinstatement; secondly presents institutional, ideological, political (both internal and external), social, and economic explanations as to why peace is likely to become a reality in the province; and finally suggests some imperatives needed to speed up the process. An interview with Gerry Adams is appended.