History will keep repeating with Pakistan using proxies for nefarious gains in Kashmir, writes Akshobh Giridharadas.

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1 April is codified as April Fool’s Day—a day for wit, pranksters, and testing your naivety with calendar alertness. 2 April, however, was no laughing matter.

It was the day US President Donald Trump dubbed 'Liberation Day' and brought out a multicoloured board to the Rose Garden and announced to the world a slew of tariffs on allies, trading partners, and adversaries.

While uncertainty is the only the certainty, at times, in Washingtonian politics one thing has remained consistent—tariffs remain a key instrument of both Trump 1.0 and Trump 2.0 foreign policy.

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India Strikes, Pakistan Reacts, US Mediates: A Crisis Replayed