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Pahalgam Aftermath and the India-Pakistan Crisis

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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. 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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Articles in Collection

India’s Past Lessons, Current New Normal, and Future Pakistan Policy Geopolitics & Diplomacy

India’s Past Lessons, Current New Normal, and Future Pakistan Policy

After a four-day conflict involving missile strikes, drone incursions, and…

Written by Rishap Vats
The Resolve Paradox in India-Pakistan Crisis Bargaining Defense & Security

The Resolve Paradox in India-Pakistan Crisis Bargaining

In the wake of the Pahalgam terror attack, a new…

Written by Farhan Hanif Siddiqi
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
Written by SAV editorial staff
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…

Written by SAV editorial staff
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…

Written by Mubashar Rizvi
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…

Written by Afeera Firdous, Usama Nizamani
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…

Written by SAV editorial staff
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…

Written by SAV editorial staff
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…

Written by Sitara Noor
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…

Written by Sarral Sharma
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…

Written by Bashir Ali Abbas
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…

Written by Haleema Saadia
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…

Written by Christopher Clary