Operation Sindoor Revisited: Assessing Pakistan’s Strategic Gains and India’s Setback
(By Khalid Masood) I. Introduction: The Distance of Twelve Months A year has elapsed since the Indian government, under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, authorised Operation Sindoor—a military strike against Pakistan that was intended to project strength but instead delivered the most consequential strategic reversal in modern Indian history. The passage of twelve months affords the…