Even so, the conflict unsettled India’s diplomatic assumptions.
For years, Delhi believed its strategic partnership with Washington had transformed the regional equation. But Trump’s public embrace of Pakistan, repeated mediation claims and trade tensions with India injected new unpredictability into the relationship.
“The credibility of the US established since Kargil [the 1999 conflict between India and Pakistan] as a reliable interlocutor during crises has considerably gone down,” says Ajay Bisaria, India’s former high commissioner to Pakistan.
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