What can be learned from the latest conflict between India and Pakistan?

Feelings of alleviation and anticipation are sweeping India and Pakistan.

The latest flare-up successful hostilities that killed astatine slightest 60 radical crossed the 2 countries has travel to a melodramatic halt aft 4 days.

Nearly 30 countries including the United States are reported to person been progressive successful getting the ceasefire agreed.

The medication of US President Donald Trump, which announced the truce, has projected a caller circular of talks astatine a neutral venue to effort and extremity the bitter rivalry.

A quality implicit divided Kashmir, India’s accusation that Pakistan is backing violent attacks wrong its territory, and differences implicit the sharing of stream h2o are each issues that person been festering for decades.

So are some sides astatine past acceptable to negotiate?

Presenter: Cyril Vanier

Guests:

Walter Ladwig – Senior lecturer successful International Relations astatine King’s College London

Elijah Magnier – Military and governmental analyst

Shashank Joshi – Defence exertion of The Economist newspaper