Ajai Shukla, Al Jazeera: India-Pakistan tensions: Who won the war of perceptions?
As confrontation on the ground escalated, India and Pakistan scrambled to control domestic and international narratives.
The military escalation between India and Pakistan appears to be winding down for now. On Friday, Islamabad handed over Indian pilot Abhinandan Varthaman, whose plane the Pakistan Air Force had shot down two days earlier.
New Delhi declared it is committed to "maintaining peace and stability in the region", suggesting it is not planning any more air attacks deep in Pakistan's territory.
Meanwhile, crossfire on the Line of Control (LoC), which divides Indian- from Pakistan-administered Kashmir, has also decreased.
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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- March 4, 2019
Why India and Pakistan Are Fighting Over Kashmir Again -- Lindsay Maizland, Council on Foreign Relations
Was Trump Right to Walk Away from Kim's Offer? -- Henri Féron, National Interest
The Hanoi Summit Failed Because the U.S. Doesn’t Understand How Kim Sees the World -- Steven Metz, WPR
Small drills, no nuke tests herald new Korean norm -- Andrew Salmon, Asia Times
Forget Trump and Kim – North Korea’s first sister Kim Yo-jong lurks, hovers and steals the spotlight -- Crystal Tai, SCMP
Escalation and De-Escalation Scenarios in South Asia -- H. Shah & J. Schaus, CSIS
President Xi to map out China’s road ahead -- Gordon Watts, Asia Times
Recent Clashes Have Israel, Palestinians on Brink of Broad Escalation -- Amos Harel, Haaretz
Iraqis divided over continued presence of American forces -- Hamdi Malik, Al-Monitor
Did Trump Really Defeat the Islamic State? -- Abdul-Khakim Sultygov, National Interest
It Is Long Past Time to Stop Expanding NATO -- Matthew Cancian and Mark Cancian, War On The Rocks
A Farewell to Arms Control -- Pavel Luzin, Riddle
Inside Apple’s high-stakes diplomacy in the US-China trade war -- Steven Overly/Margaret Harding McGill/Celia Chen, SCMP
Brits and Americans No Longer Own English -- Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg View
Is the internet a 'completely out-of-control monster'? World Wide Web creator Tim Berners-Lee's successor at CERN says the web's been corrupted with bullying, fake news and hysteria as it reaches its 30th birthday -- Joe Pinkstone, Daily Mail
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