C Raja Mohan writes: Navigating the tension between India and Pakistan

News Snapshot:

As the world marks the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe this week, India inches closer to another round of military confrontation with Pakistan. The unfortunate coincidence highlights the enduring tension between India’s global possibilities and its regional constraints in the eight decades since World War II, decolonisation, and Partition. That tension is higher than ever before. Today, a rising India with ever-expanding potential to shape the international system is drawn once again into a conflict with Pakistan. While Delhi should be celebrating India’s significant contribution to the Allied victory in the war, it is...