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Trump Brokers Cease-Fire Between India and Pakistan, Using Economic Leverage on 3 Fronts

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Trump Brokers Cease-Fire Between India and Pakistan, Using Economic Leverage on 3 Fronts
Indian villagers wait for transportation as they evacuate following overnight Pakistani artillery shelling in Uri, near the Line of Control with Pakistan, on May 9, 2025. Tauseef Mustafa/AFP via Getty Images
Tanvi Ratna
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President Donald J. Trump announced on May 10 that India and Pakistan had agreed to a “full and immediate ceasefire.” It marked the end of a rapid escalation between two nuclear-armed states and the reassertion of U.S. strategic influence under a new administration.
Tanvi Ratna
Tanvi Ratna
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Tanvi Ratna is the founder of emerging tech policy think tank Policy 4.0. She was formerly on Capitol Hill in the GOP House Foreign Affairs Committee and also worked on campaign strategy for Prime Minister Modi. You can follow her work on X and Substack.