Recent conflict between India and Pakistan reflects a broader trend, whether viewed through the lens of the US–China trade war initiated by Trump or the perceived decline of the liberal international order The author is an associate professor of political science and public administration at Yildirim Beyazit University in the Turkish capital, Ankara. ISTANBUL Following the April 22 terrorist attack in Pahalgam, in Indian-administered Kashmir, killing 26 civilians, most of them Indian tourists,