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An April 22 attack on mostly Hindu tourists in Indian-administered Kashmir’s Pahalgam Valley killed 26 and touched off a serious crisis between nuclear-armed neighbors India and Pakistan. Both sides have taken a series of political and diplomatic measures in recent days, and the potential for military action remains high—and with it the risk of escalation. In the series, SAV brings together strategic experts from India, Pakistan, and the United States to assess the implications of this crisis for India-Pakistan relations, regional strategic stability, the Kashmir dispute, and prospects for crisis management and de-escalation.

Read the series below.

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SAV Q&A on Third Party Intervention Post Pahalgam Pt 3: Daniel Markey on U.S. Role and Implications for Ties with India & Pakistan Geopolitics & Diplomacy
SAV Q&A on Third Party Intervention Post Pahalgam Pt 2: Andrew Small on Chinese Tech and U.S. Mediation Geopolitics & Diplomacy

SAV Q&A on Third Party Intervention Post Pahalgam Pt 2: Andrew Small on Chinese Tech and U.S. Mediation

The four-day kinetic confrontation between India and Pakistan ended in…

Can the Indus Waters Treaty Be Held in Abeyance? What the Law Allows Geopolitics & Diplomacy

Can the Indus Waters Treaty Be Held in Abeyance? What the Law Allows

Two days after the April 22 attack in Pahalgam in…

India-Pakistan Spiraling Towards a Perilous Abyss   Geopolitics & Diplomacy

India-Pakistan Spiraling Towards a Perilous Abyss  

The deadly terror attack in Pahalgam in Indian-administered Kashmir, which…

SAV Q&A on Third Party Intervention Post Pahalgam-Part 1  Geopolitics & Diplomacy

SAV Q&A on Third Party Intervention Post Pahalgam-Part 1 

With New Delhi’s precision strikes into mainland Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir…

SAV Q&A with Lisa Curtis: The Pahalgam Crisis & U.S. role Defense & Security

SAV Q&A with Lisa Curtis: The Pahalgam Crisis & U.S. role

On April 30, 2025, Lisa Curtis spoke with South Asian Voices Editor-in-Chief…

Post Pahalgam, Does Diplomacy Have a Chance? Geopolitics & Diplomacy

Post Pahalgam, Does Diplomacy Have a Chance?

India and Pakistan are on the precipice of a crisis…

Indo-Pak Dynamics and the Kashmir Issue in the Wake of the Pahalgam Attack Defense & Security

Indo-Pak Dynamics and the Kashmir Issue in the Wake of the Pahalgam Attack

The recent terror attack in Pahalgam, which targeted unarmed civilians…

Pahalgam Aftermath: Assessing the Escalatory Potential of India and Pakistan’s Responses Defense & Security

Pahalgam Aftermath: Assessing the Escalatory Potential of India and Pakistan’s Responses

As its first response to the terrorist attacks in Pahalgam…

The Fragility of Stability: India-Pakistan Nuclear CBMs in the Shadow of Pahalgam Nuclear Issues

The Fragility of Stability: India-Pakistan Nuclear CBMs in the Shadow of Pahalgam

The ensuing India-Pakistan crisis in the aftermath of the Pahalgam…

Why the Kashmir Attack Could Start Another India-Pakistan Crisis Defense & Security

Why the Kashmir Attack Could Start Another India-Pakistan Crisis

On Tuesday, April 22, terrorists attacked a group of tourists in Indian-administered…