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A new chapter has been added to the ever-changing lexicon of South Asian security politics with the terror incident in Pahalgam in April 2025 and the following start of Operation Sindoor by India. To punish transnational terrorism while ensuring the world community of its restricted goals, India's military reaction was fine-tuned. There is a mismatch between India's strategic calculations and its neighbors' political responses, as seen by the trajectory of South Asian diplomacy. Strategic narratives significantly impacted public views, since few regional countries directly held Pakistan responsible for terrorism, even though they generally denounced it. In regional responses to crises involving India and Pakistan, conflicting strategic narratives are seen in the employment of "limited use of force" and "precision deterrence" by India and "victimhood" by Pakistan. From a policy standpoint, Operation Sindoor shows how coercive diplomacy can work and how it can't. While it bolstered India's precision deterrence theory, it also highlighted weaknesses in narrative control and gaining clear regional backing. The research compares the views of India and its bordering states using the content analysis method. According to the research, India should put a lot of effort into building confidence with its neighbors, influencing public opinion internationally, and incorporating counter-terrorism efforts into larger frameworks of regional cooperation, in addition to honing its military signals.
Keywords:
Sindoor, Operation, Neighborhood, Diplomacy, perception, India
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"Operation Sindoor and India's Neighborhood Diplomacy: Balancing Deterrence and Regional Perceptions", International Journal for Research Trends and Innovation (www.ijrti.org), ISSN:2456-3315, Vol.11, Issue 6, page no.a980-a989, June-2026, Available :http://www.ijrti.org/papers/IJRTI2606105.pdf
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