Professor Stephen Cohen explained how the Lahore Process got derailed during his conversation with rediff.com The professor felt something like the Lahore initiative could not work unless "you build up agreements in a number of areas before hand, not afterwards."

To which rediff.com's Nikhil Lakshman asked why that was so because then Egyptian president Anvar Sadat had done likewise when he flew to Israel in 1977.

Click here to hear what Professor Cohen said in response

    Do you think India should reduce the number of troops in Kashmir? What do you mean when you say India needs to "democratise" Kashmir?
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    Do you think Pakistan has control of the militants?
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    Do you honestly believe the Islamists in the Pakistan army would allow a military retreat? Within India there is a view that General Musharraf is just a facade and the man really pulling the strings is General Aziz, who is widely considered to be an Islamist.
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    The Indian perception was that the troubles in Kashmir last year did not have the tempo of the early nineties. But all that changed with the Kargil war and the suicide attacks of late...
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    So you don't share the State Department's perception that Pakistan exports and sponsors terrorism?
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Part IV: 'Pakistan keeps India from becoming a great State'