In both situations, India kept its cool, controlled escalation diplomatically and militarily, and achieved its political goal. Escalation control requires a confident understanding of the adversary’s escalation thresholds.
In the time since 1998, the year of my ‘goodwill mission’, the scope for deepening collaboration and joint ventures has only grown for the two countries
External threats to India’s security persist but more worrisome are vulnerabilities on new fronts. When memory and experience are missing, knee-jerk reactions and ad-hoc decision-making follow
