All eyes on the Line of Control
After a historic decision to change the constitutional status of the state of Jammu and Kashmir, what happens next? The answer might be at the Line of Control between India and Pakistan.
After a historic decision to change the constitutional status of the state of Jammu and Kashmir, what happens next? The answer might be at the Line of Control between India and Pakistan.
Insecurity about China’s multi-billion-dollar investment in Pakistan is rising amid a trade war with the U.S., sending global markets into a tizzy. Why is this good news for an incoming Indian govt?
From the action of Baloch rebels in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir to France’s decision on Jaish-e-Mohammed raises Chinese doubts on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. Can India stoke these doubts?
The Chinese know if the Line of Control is converted into the international border, their investment in Pakistan is safer.
The MFN status may have been withdrawn but can trade be used as a weapon of eventual peace.
Raffaello Pantucci from the London-based think tank The Royal United Services Institute explains what India has got right and what it has got wrong about the initiative.