Pakistan, Feb. 10 -- The May 2025 confrontation between India and Pakistan alarmed the very foundations of the presumptions made about the strategic future of South Asia, which was once dominated by Indian unipolarity. Various US administrations had considered India a counterweight to China's increasing influence. In return, they provided India with a range of strategic, diplomatic, and economic benefits.

The situation at Pahalgam in May 2025 completely changed this viewpoint. Indian-occupied Kashmir witnessed a terrorist attack, and India responded with airstrikes targeting the supposed terrorists' camps in Pakistan. Pakistan's military response was proportionate yet strong and did not allow the myth of total Indian superiority to persi...