Pakistan-US relations have revived in a sudden rapprochement based on Islamabad’s determination to reject all — not just some — Taliban, but India now seems determined not to take advantage of this victory, and has returned to a policy of strategic confrontation and escalation against Pakistan.
Turning Point: Pakistan Army Chief of Staff Gen. Raheel Sharif meets US Secretary of State John Kerry in the US State Dept. on December 2, 2014. The meeting highlighted what has been the most significant strategic breakthrough in US-Pakistan relations in several years. The key question now is how India responds?