Pakistan

""Pakistan could make life difficult for the US, for instance by intensifying support for the Taliban or reducing the support for political elements inside Afghanistan.” "

Islamabad warns against move to extend US travel ban to Pakistan

"'Rafsanjani did not single-handedly change the relationship. Structural factors, such as India’s economic liberalisation and the situation in Afghanistan, were more important. But as a relative pragmatist, he was able to overcome those in Tehran who had argued for a tilt to Pakistan and a continued focus on Kashmir and communal issues.' "

The pragmatist’s pivot to India

"'If Pakistan fears that India may aspire to destroying Pakistan’s nukes on the ground, thereby undercutting mutual deterrence, then it makes sense to put weapons at sea, where they are more survivable.This would come with a huge price tag.' "

Pakistan fires its first submarine-based nuclear cruise missile

The Case for Increased International Diplomatic Engagement with India and Pakistan

Aaditya Dave

Tensions are rising again between India and Pakistan over violent attacks in Jammu and Kashmir. India and Pakistan have differing views on the role of international mediation in resolving this conflict. But foreign involvement remains essential, and China–US cooperation may be a way forward.

""The chest thumping in some parts of the Indian media is dangerous, because it exaggerates capabilities, underplays risks, and substitutes strategy with emotion. But far worse is the systematic denial that the terrorist groups that operate on Pakistani soil are, at root, instruments of the state." "

India -Pakistan Clash: Three shades of denial

"“Kashmir, which is in the midst of some of the worst unrest in years, will undoubtedly feature in Nawaz Sharif’s thinking,” said Emily Winterbotham, a research fellow at the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies in London. “The next army chief will also have to look internally at the extremist threat” and preside over the military’s withdrawal from operations in the tribal areas, she said. "

India Tensions Complicate Pakistan Pick for Next Army Chief