Domestic Strategy and International Opportunity: The Abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir

India-U.S. Relations and Kashmir Year U.S. Administration Key Event/Action U.S. Perception/Position on Kashmir 1947-48 Harry S. Truman First Indo-Pak War Supported UN resolution for plebiscite; viewed Kashmir as an international issue. 1950s Dwight D. Eisenhower Cold War Dynamics Preferred bilateral resolution but initially supported international mediation. 1962 John F. Kennedy Sino-Indian War…