Pakistan: Islamabad Takes Advantage of Resentment of India

Pakistan is working to increase its influence in three small South Asian nations – Nepal, Sri Lanka and the Maldives -- to tilt the regional balance in its favor against nuclear giant India. And it will likely find a receptive audience, particularly in Nepal and the Maldives, where anti-India sentiment is running high. Meanwhile, China will make its own inroads into the three countries under its massive Belt and Road Initiative, which further challenges India's status as South Asia's dominant power....