escalation of tensions between countries; yet, the historiography of U.S.-South Asia discourse reflects a precedent of overreliance on regional actors (India and Pakistan) resolving the issues within their own borders. This precedent of crisis management and regional crisis diplomacy continues to define U.S. relations with South Asia.
Fairness of the Current Situation
From this period of tension, how fair is the international reputation and credibility of either India’s or Pakistan’s claim to terrorism? While there can be observed abuses of terrorist claims in equipping states actual state-sponsored terrorism, both countries have witnessed waves of uprising faction forming networks and growth in insurgency. Both countries do engage in robust, unparalleled criticism between media and governmental figures, which if you internally problematized could feed a public discourse/talk show on the respective news organizations.
What Do We Do Now
Are India and Pakistan going to reflect and try to find better ways of coming to the table to discuss revisiting longer term issues (e.g. do they have to control the peace process with Pakistan as a bilateral agreement, or is it possible for tri-lateral agreements)? Is China shifting allegiances to support Pakistan (this could possibly be the case considering where the military strategic energy in the region is going)?
Independent research and scholar groups could possibly conceive new frameworks around holding the two neighbours responsible for their territorial engagements, even though their recent practice (notably Kashmir) has not provided an honest accounting of values of living.
Conclusion
Lets not kid ourselves, that we should be expecting some new globally informed and regional informed attitudinal changes sitting with either centralized actors (e.g. India and Pakistan) or a neighbouring intermediary/outlier; both preexisting relationships and distance from legitimacy exists. Lets not expect generosity, inclusion or fairness to emerge through opportunism which is part of the politics of rage. The regional politics are unfamiliar
