Since the Uri attack, many Indian commentators have been pushing for India to go on a war footing. Similar pressures exist in Pakistan, where there has been growing outrage over the treatment of their Muslim kin in Kashmir. The newest aspect of that dangerous rivalry is over whose navy will control the northern half of the Indian Ocean. While India frets about China, Kashmir and Partition remain the national obsession for Pakistanis. With so much at stake, and with the U.S., China and Russia taking sides, too, everyone should pay attention to the latest flashpoint.

Source: National Post September 23, 2016 19:52 UTC