| ID | 055300 |
| Title Proper | Kargil, terrorism, and India's strategic shift |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Basrur, Rajesh M |
| Publication | 2002. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | In response to Pakistan's covert intervention in Kashmir, India sought to shed its perceived strategic paralysis by a strategy of compellence. While September 11 created a favorable international environment for military action against terrorists and their sponsors, accelerating terrorist attacks propelled Indian policymakers toward a military response. India gave effect to a newly developed concept of limited war by means of a military build-up designed to compel Pakistan both directly and indirectly (through the United States) to reverse its commitment to intervention in Kashmir. Such a strategy is flawed: concessions extracted can be withdrawn at any time, and brinkmanship risks loss of control and the outbreak of war between nuclear weapon states, with potentially horrific results. |
| `In' analytical Note | India Review Vol. 1, No.4; Oct 2002: 39-56 |
| Journal Source | India Review Vol: 1 No 4 |
| Key Words | Kargil Conflict ; Conflict-Kargil ; Terrorism-India ; India-Terrorism ; Security-India |