May 2025
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Hooray to the ceasefire
Argues that Partition came from elite insecurity and ideological maximalism, not mass demand, with the Muslim League and the RSS as mirror movements, and that its cost fell on ordinary…
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Pakistan Is Showing Restraint. That Should Worry India.
Argues that Pakistan’s restraint after the Pahalgam attack is calculated strategy, not weakness, comparing it to Prussia and to Russian patience after 2014. The author says India’s hawkish base is…
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Quaid, Modi, and the Operation Sindoor
Argues that India’s response to the Pahalgam attack, including Operation Sindoor and suspending the Indus Waters Treaty, may strengthen Pakistan’s national identity, since nations harden against an adversary and martyrdom…
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Let Pakistan Throw Stones. India Should Build the Skyline.
Argues that India should answer Pakistan by outgrowing it, as South Korea treats North Korea, rather than retaliating conventionally. The author says conventional retaliation restores a false parity, feeds Pakistan’s…