Overview
- The Diplomat characterizes 2025 as a pivotal year that brought a strategic resurgence and renewed confidence for Pakistan’s military.
- Reporting highlights May’s brief clashes with India, saying Pakistan’s response clarified deterrence and showed it had countered India’s modernization despite economic constraints.
- Foreign Policy labels Pakistan a winner in Washington during Trump’s second term, citing greater trust and direct access as US–India ties deteriorated.
- Foreign Policy reports that Pakistan’s assistance in capturing a top terrorism mastermind boosted its standing as a counterterrorism partner.
- The Financial Times praises Field Marshal Asim Munir’s foreign-policy acumen and notes the military’s message that only the state can authorize jihad.