Archives India and Pakistan - New Eastern Outlook

In the first weeks of 2026, the situation in Pakistan, which has always been characterised by a heightened level of terrorist activities, has been marked by a series of bloody acts, which have overlapped with serious domestic and foreign policy challenges to the statehood of this de facto nuclear power.

The collapse of negotiations on solving bilateral issues between Pakistan and Afghanistan and powerful terrorist attacks, first in New Delhi and next in Islamabad, reflect the difficulty of stabilizing the situation in the South Asian subregion in the near future.

After the end of the 4-day war between India and Pakistan with a fragile ceasefire, the threat of a new regional war looms large due to the recent terrorist attacks in Islamabad and New Delhi.