Just days after Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman finished his charm-offensive Asian trip to Pakistan, India, and China, the ever-simmering tensions between Pakistan and India flared up again over Kashmir—the territory the two countries have been disputing since 1947 when Britain partitioned its colonies and India and Pakistan became independent countries. Commodity, currency, and equity markets were on edge last week while nuclear arsenal owners India and Pakistan were saying they carried out air strikes over the so-called Line of Control—the boundary between Indian and Pakistani areas of control over Kashmir. The two countries have dialed down hostilities since last week and Pakistan said last Thursday that it would release an Indian pilot it had been holding “as a gesture of peace.” One of the first countries to send a high-profile official to seek de-escalation of the tension was Saudi Arabia, which had just pledged US$20 billion […]