Deconstructing Pakistan-India Relationships and Covid-19 Implications

States utilize various strategies, including economic makeovers, nuclear proliferation, strengthening ties, upgrading military, and transforming technology to maintain hegemony at the international level. In the strategic calculus of South Asia, nuclear deterrence plays a dominant role and serves as an assurance for peace and stability in the region. Experts claim that mounting nuclear warheads, ethnic, religious, and ideological conflicts, including the Kashmir issue, caused dilapidated security conditions between the Pakistan and India standoff. The research commences with a question as to why the government of India and Pakistan are involved in the latest cross-border incitement despite security challenges. Moreover, the study also examines the impact of Indian escalation on the regional security of South Asia in the era of Covid-19. In so doing, this study reviews the continuous escalating instability of South Asia, especially in the sub-continent, and tries to build a causal relationship between the balance of power and security dilemma. In due course, the causes of the latest Indian provocation will be discussed in reference to the hegemonic theory. Growing India-US strategic partnerships, a regional hegemonic approach, military modernization, and a rising economy were the factors that enabled the Indian military to achieve multiple objectives. Finally, the future prospect in South Asia after Covid-19 will be discussed.