While India may have to react and even retaliate, it can do so with dispassionate compulsion to contain fallout to a setback rather than a full-blown crisis.
CAATSA sanctions ultimately threaten U.S. interests by undermining India’s capabilities to defend the rules-based order and willingness to deeply coordinate with the United States in the Indo-Pacific.
Beyond the limited aims, the most the U.S. and the international community can hope for is to strike a difficult balance between pressure and engagement.
As the United States withdraws from Afghanistan it is important to examine the role Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP) may play in the country’s future security landscape.
