While arch-adversaries in a military conflict, the massive gap in economic size, geopolitical heft, military budget ensures that India...

India and Pakistan have reached a ceasefire understanding and yet the shadows of the conflict still loom large. The situation of peace between India and Pakistan rests on very unstable grounds, thereby creating conditions for a fragile or a ‘negative peace’. A negative peace exists when there is a cessation of hostile activities on both ends and yet the underlying issues of conflict still persist.

Nawaz Sharif's return to Pakistan has added to the already precarious and complex political situation in the country. The possibility of...