“The long-standing conflict between India and Pakistan is not confined to South Asia. The rivalry is entangling the Mediterranean, the Middle East, and Eurasian alliances — posing serious challenges to BRICS, the SCO, and global stability”

The Indo-Pakistani conflict, a decades-long saga rooted in the 1947 Partition and the contested region of Kashmir, is far from a contained regional dispute — and far from over. Its reverberations stretch across continents, entangling not only South Asia but also the Mediterranean, where shifting alliances amplify its global stakes.

The growing ties between Ankara and Islamabad, juxtaposed with Greece and Cyprus’s strengthening alignment with New Delhi, go to show how this rivalry transcends its geographic origins, weaving a complex web of geopolitical entanglements that could destabilize broader Eurasian and Mediterranean frameworks.

Dr. Rabia Akhtar, a nuclear security expert, notes that the crisis underscores the fragility of nuclear deterrence, as Pakistan’s full-spectrum deterrence doctrine clashed with India’s No First Use policy — creating a perilous enough escalatory ladder. The May 2025 ceasefire has offered some temporary reprieve, but continued violations along the Line of Control and incendiary rhetoric on both sides suggest peace remains tenuous.

Yet this crisis is not confined to the subcontinent. As I’ve noted, the........

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