Why Kashmir is A Nuclear Flashpoint
Channel: Tom Vaillant
Date: 2024-03-27

Kashmir is the most heavily militarised region on the planet and a nuclear focal point between China, India and Pakistan. I partnered with US-based Kashmiri anthropologist Mohamad Junaid to explore data he'd collected on critical events in the region. We interviewed experts to get an understanding of the humanitarian, geopolitical and historical contexts in the conflict.  

Special thanks to:
Mona Bhan, Professor at Syracuse University
Mohamad Junaid, Professor at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
Ather Zia, Associate Professor at University of Northern Colorado

The music for this video, created by composer Scott S Stevens and mixed by Ben Eggerhorn.

The interactive map data can be browsed here: https://kashmir.tomvaillant.com/map

About:
I'm a Pulitzer data journalism grantee and an alumni of the Columbia Journalism school, currently working as a staff visual journalist for the Swiss media 20 Minuten.

Available for collaborations with independent journalists or scientists with ideas for data stories, contact me: tom@buriedsignals.com