Srinagar, May 2 -- Pakistan today stands at a dangerous crossroads. Its economy is in free fall. Political institutions are crumbling. The public's trust in the military the most powerful organ of the state has severely eroded. Amidst this storm of crises, there appears to be a dangerous recalibration of strategy brewing within the country's establishment the consideration of a limited, short-duration war with India as a means to distract, unify and reset.Though it sounds absurd on the surface, history suggests that when internal disarray deepens beyond repair, regimes especially military dominated ones have often looked outward to engineer national purpose. In Pakistan's case, the strategic calculus may go beyond mere diversion. A limite...