In my new analysis for @BrookingsFP, I explore four early lessons that we might draw from the most dangerous India-Pakistan crisis in a quarter century. Some key take-aways: 1/ @BrookingsFP The first is that the global debate on “attribution” of terrorist attacks in India has tilted in New Delhi’s favor. This gives India space to act more rapidly and decisively against Pakistan in response to any future terrorist attack on its soil. 2/

This Indian military response falls at about the median of what most close observers expected: multiple stand-off strikes against widely recognized militant facilities. This approach has the benefit for the Indian leadership of producing a relatively high-visibility and arguably proportionate response with a relatively low risk of generating significant international opprobrium.