Pakistan’s current preoccupation with a deep domestic political crisis and a war on its western frontiers, that is unsuccessful and unpopular, has taken some of the heat off Jammu & Kashmir and the focus away from the Indo-Pak relations. New Delhi will be tempted to drift back towards a “do nothing” strategy. That would be a big mistake.
Instead, India must make the best of the current pause in Indo-Pak relations by taking unilateral initiatives to alter the internal dynamics in J&K, and get ready to cope with a new and uncertain political dispensation in Pakistan.