Pakistan, Oct. 14 -- The strategic landscape of South Asia is mainly defined by the balance of power equation between two nuclear states, India and Pakistan. The conflictual relationship of India with other states is also becoming a perpetual driver of evolving security dynamics in South Asia. Unlike other regions where shared prosperity and cooperative frameworks are a priority, in South Asia, India-the bigger state-follows a hegemonic and zero-sum approach.

Indian strategic thinking is based on establishing political and military domination in the region, which seriously clashes with other regional states' approaches of economic integration, connectivity, and peaceful co-existence. This approach is also manifested by India in its dispu...