India has ambitions of becoming a regional power; it aspires to gain a permanent seat at the UN Security Council. Pakistan, on the other hand, is faced with numerous internal challenges and cannot afford to engage in another external conflict
The recent spate of events between Pakistan and India of verbally assaulting each other and levying preposterous charges, i.e. the terror boat drama, a spy pigeon and shooting down a surveillance drone, is reminiscent of the Cold War era between the US and erstwhile USSR.
