Srinagar, May 1 -- 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. Amid 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...