One year after their brief war, how close are India and Pakistan to another conflict?

By Stuti Bhatnagar, Lecturer, Indo-Pacific Studies, UNSW Sydney

A year has passed since conflict broke out between India and Pakistan, briefly raising fears of an all-out war between the two nuclear powers.

While violent conflict between the neighbours has been commonplace for the past 80 years, this latest round of fighting felt different.

Both sides used new weapons against one another, including cruise missiles, short-range ballistic missiles and drones. The level of mistrust and sharp rhetoric worsened considerably, significantly…

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