Bangladesh, June 8 -- Much has been written about the enduring consequences of the 1948 establishment of the State of Israel along the Jordan Valley. Yet, a year earlier, another seismic geopolitical event unfolded along the plains of the Indus River—the 1947 Partition of British India into India and Pakistan. The ongoing Indian-Pakistani conflict, rooted as it is in that Partition and centered on the contested region of Kashmir, has long been a flashpoint in South Asia.

Recent escalations, particularly following the April 22 terrorist attack in Pahalgam (2025) that killed 26 civilians, have thrust this rivalry back into the global spotlight. Indias retaliatory “Operation Sindoor,” involving missile strikes on alleged t...