Pakistan-India’s crises, since 1998, demonstrate compelling evidence that nuclear weapons have not prevented small scale conflicts in South Asia. Most importantly, the May 2025 crisis evolved into the most serious military standoff since the 1971 war, in which for the first time, both countries exchanged missile strikes against each other’s counterforce targets across the international borders.
Murad Ali
Murad Ali
Mr Murad Ali is a Research Officer at Center for International Strategic Studies (CISS), Islamabad
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