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Syed Ali Zia Jaffery asked: Given the fact that both India and Pakistan are equipped with a nuclear deterrent, doesn't India realise the danger of Cold Start?

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  • Reply: Please refer to the following IDSA publications on the subject:

    A. Vinod Kumar, “15-Years after Pokhran II: Deterrence Churning Continues”, June 10, 2013, at http://idsa.in/idsacomments/15YearsafterPokhranII_avkumar_100613

    Ali Ahmed, “India's Limited War Doctrine: The Structural Factor”, IDSA Monograph Series No. 10, December 2012, at http://idsa.in/system/files/Monograph10.pdf

    Ali Ahmed, “Reopening the Debate on Limited War”, February 29, 2012, at http://idsa.in/idsacomments/ReopeningtheDebateonLimitedWar_aahmed_290212

    Ali Ahmed, “What Does Pakistan Hope to Achieve with Nasr?”, August 17, 2011, at http://idsa.in/idsacomments/WhatDoesPakistanHopetoAchievewithNasr_aahmed_170811

    Ali Ahmed, “Pakistan’s ‘First Use’ in Perspective”, May 12, 2011, at http://idsa.in/node/7464/3087#comment-3087

    Ali Ahmed, “Towards a Proactive Military Strategy: 'Cold Start and Stop'”, Strategic Analysis, 35 (3), May 2011, at http://idsa.in/strategicanalysis/35_3/ProactiveMilitaryStrategy_aahmed

    Ali Ahmed, “Making Sense of ‘Nasr’”, April 24, 2011, at http://idsa.in/idsacomments/MakingSenseofNasr_aahmed_240411

    Ali Ahmed, “The advantages of ‘Cold Start Minor’”, December 13, 2010, at http://idsa.in/idsacomments/TheadvantagesofColdStartMinor_aahmed_131210

    Sushant Sareen, “Cold Start as Deterrence against Proxy War”, November 22, 2010, at http://idsa.in/idsacomments/ColdStartasDeterrenceagainstProxyWar_ssareen_221110

    Ali Ahmed, “Cold Start and ‘The Sehjra Option’”, Journal of Defence Studies, 4 (4), October 2010, at http://idsa.in/jds/4_4_2010_ColdStartandTheSehjraOption_aahmed

    Ali Ahmed, “The ‘Cold Start and Stop’ strategy”, September 28, 2010, at
    http://idsa.in/idsacomments/TheColdStartandStopstrategy_aahmed_280910

    Views expressed are of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the IDSA or of the Government of India.

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