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India’s Ways of (Non-) War: Explaining New Delhi’s
Forbearance in the Face of Pakistani Provocations
147 “Excerpts of Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh’s Intervention in the Lok Sabha during
Discussion on the Recent Terrorist Attacks in Mumbai,” New Delhi, December 11, 2008,
https://www.indianembassy.org/archives_details.php?nid=940
148 Ganguly and Kapur, India, Pakistan, and the Bomb, 72-73.
149 Black, “Structure of South Asian Crises,” 52.
150 K. Alan Kronstadt, “Terrorist Attacks in Mumbai, India, and Implications for U.S. Interests,”
CRS Report for Congress, Congressional Research Service, Washington, DC, December 19,
2008, 12.
151 Black, “Structure of South Asian Crises,” 53.
152 “Pakistani Army Warns India of Response,” The Australian, December 24, 2008.
153 Samanta, “26/11.”
154 U.S. Embassy Islamabad to Department of State, “Scenesetter for Special Envoy Holbrooke,”
Secret Cable, February 4, 2009, http://www.theguardian.com/world/us-embassy-cablesdocuments/190330;
Richard A. Oppel, Jr. and Salman Masood, “Pakistan Moves Troops amid
Tension with India,” New York Times, December 26, 2008.
155 Black, “Structure of South Asian Crises,” 53.
156 Fayaz Bukhari and Rupam Jain, “India Mulls Response after Deadly Kashmir Attack It Blames
on Pakistan,” Reuters, September 19, 2016; Pamela Constable and Annie Gowen, “Deadly
Attack in Indian Kashmir Renews ‘War of Words’ with Rival Pakistan,” Washington Post,
September 20, 2016; “Militants Attack an Indian Army Base,” The Economist, September 19,
2016; George Perkovich, “India’s Options in Pakistan,” Foreign Affairs, September 21, 2016.
157 “Rising Tensions in Kashmir,” New York Times, September 23, 2016.
158 “India Backs Off Major Retaliation,” Reuters, September 22, 2016.
159 Praveen Swami, “Uri Terror Attack: Avoid Rash Military Action, Commanders Advise
Government,” Indian Express, September 20, 2016.
160 Shishir Gupta, “Mission LOC: How India Punished Pakistan with Surgical Strikes,” Hindustan
Times, October 3, 2016.
161 Perkovich, “India’s Options in Pakistan.” For another insightful examination of India’s options,
see Happymon Jacob, “Seven Ways to Wage War on Pakistan, Several Reasons Not to Do So,”
The Wire, September 26, 2016.
162 “Statement by His Excellency Mr. Muhammad Nawaz Sharif,” General Debate of the 71 st
Session, UN General Assembly, September 21, 2016.
163 Shubhajit Roy, “John Kerry Spoke to Sushma Twice over Two Days,” Indian Express, September
29, 2016.
164 Annie Gowen, “India’s ‘Surgical Strike’ on Pakistan Territory Hints at New Era for Nuclear-
Armed Rivals,” Washington Post, September 30, 2016.
165 Pamela Constable and Shaiq Hussain, “Pakistan Prepares for a Possible Indian Attack,”
Washington Post, September 22, 2016.
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