• A year after the four-day India-Pakistan conflict, the region is in a brittle and uneasy equilibrium.
  • The conflict hardened political and diplomatic estrangement, with borders shut, trade suspended, and cricket ties severed.
  • Pakistan has regained geopolitical relevance, emerging as an intermediary in the Iran war.
  • Donald Trump claimed credit for the ceasefire and offered to mediate on Kashmir, straining India-US ties.