South Asia’s security landscape has long been shaped by its two largest states, India and Pakistan—nuclear‑armed rivals whose trajectories often define the region’s political temperature. But the Global Peace Index 2025 draws an unusually sharp contrast between the neighbours. While India has inched upward in the rankings, Pakistan has slipped further, becoming one of the principal drivers of South Asia’s status as the second least peaceful region in the world. The report’s findings offer more than a statistical snapshot. They reveal two countries moving along diverging paths: one managing incremental stability despite internal pressures, the other confronting a widening arc … Continue reading Pakistan’s Slide in the Global Peace Index Exposes a Region Moving in Divergent Directions