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Article: The last straw: if you think these failed states look bad now, wait until the climate changes.(Failed States Index)
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- Foreign Policy
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- July 1, 2009
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Hopelessly overcrowded, crippled by poverty, teeming with Islamist militancy, careless with its nukes--it sometimes seems as if Pakistan can't get any more terrifying. But forget about the Taliban: The country's troubles today pale compared with what it might face 25 years from now. When it comes to the stability of one of the world's most volatile regions, it's the fate of the Himalayan glaciers that should be keeping us awake at night.
In the mountainous area of Kashmir along and around Pakistan's contested border with India lies what might become the epicenter of the problem. Since the separation of the two countries 62 years ago, the argument over whether ...