The Uri challenge

September 21, 2016 14:05

The gruesome death of 18 jawans in Uri is, arguably, a defining moment for PM Modis foreign policy. But Indias larger enduring strategic conundrum remains the same. How do you deal with a nuclear state that uses terror as an instrument and which is still bankrolled by major powers? How do you deal with a state where the army has incentives to maintain its centrality, whose identity is marked by resentment? There are no easy or comforting answers. India is well within its rights to take any action that it thinks appropriate. But this will be a game of many moves.

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