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Nitin Pai: How to dissuade Pakistan from deploying terrorism

New Delhi, June 1 -- One of the biggest misconceptions about the recently suspended military conflict between India and Pakistan has been around the concept of deterrence. A number of commentators hav... Read More


Nitin Pai: Operation Sindoor leaves India better placed for the next round

New Delhi, May 18 -- In his book on strategy in the information age, Everett Carl Dolman presents a startling argument: "The first notion the military strategist must discard is victory, for strategy ... Read More


Nitin Pai: Operation Sindoor sets a new normal for India's strategy

New Delhi, May 9 -- In response to last month's terrorist attack on Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir, India conducted Operation Sindoor in the early hours of 7 May, carefully targeting terrorist-related ... Read More


Nitin Pai: India must stay the course in its old contest with Pakistan

New Delhi, May 4 -- At this time, when there is widespread anticipation of a military retaliation by India in response to the atrocious terrorist attack in Pahalgam, it is useful to take a step back a... Read More


Trade face-off: Will Trump's America back down first or Xi's China?

New Delhi, April 20 -- You might be able to think of a dozen ways through which a public backlash might compel Donald Trump, the President of the United States, to back down on his tariffs imposed on ... Read More


Let fiscal federalism and economic freedom drive prosperity in times of a trade war

New Delhi, April 6 -- Imagine there was no other country but India. The subcontinent was all the landmass that there was on the planet, with oceans all around. And all 1.5 billion people in the world ... Read More


Nitin Pai: Trump's tariffs serve political ends even if they lack economic logic

New Delhi, March 23 -- Some of Donald Trump's reasons for imposing tariffs on countries are understandable, even if their fitness for the purpose is debatable. Demanding that Mexico impose tighter bor... Read More