Kashmir is a region of land that borders India, China, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. The book Tropic of Chaos, by Christian Parenti, explains this region of land as rich in natural resources. Kashmir is a region of land with forests, mountains, minerals, glaciers, and overall, a lot to offer to whatever country it is a part of. Kashmir is a highly desired and sought after piece of land. The conflict between Pakistan and India is over this region of land. Pakistan wants to have control over Kashmir because 90% of their agricultural irrigation depends on rivers that start in Kas hmir. Meanwhile, India sees Kashmir as a “resource frontier and geostrategic asset that was too valuable to concede.” Not only because of the resources from the water, but also because they had the economic strength to develop the untapped wat er and mineral resources. Along with those reasons, India also occupying Kashmir would bring them closer to other big countries in Central Asia and give them ...