In principal, having carrier capability is desirable and ditto for nuclear propulsion. An aircraft carrier is all about presence and adds to the navy's capability.
There is a certain element of risk for a step like this.
This is a major proposal - it can't be implemented overnight. There has to be coordination, mechanisms for screening people who come across.
I do not recollect in the public domain such an explicit commitment to nuke China. I'm sure it will have antennae up in China.
The political process will become meaningful only if level of violence and support to cross-border terrorism comes down and those who are supporting it must distance themselves from this deviant activity.
Unless there's a consensus on both sides, the implementation of the statements on relief will hit a cul-de-sac. The only institution that provides aid is the army, and if that is not allowed, then the offer is self-defeating.
I don't think it poses a security threat.
There is a symbolism in the attack. It seems to be an attempt to sow discord when civil society on both sides is showing greater compassion.
A stable democratic government in Afghanistan is the larger strategic objective. The intention is to ensure that Afghanistan does not become in any way a haven supporting radicalism and terrorism, as it had in the Taliban time. Helping Afghanistan to consolidate would be in India's interest.
Though there has been no dramatic breakthrough on Kashmir, both sides are reaching for, and plucking, the low-hanging fruit of the peace tree.
We now have a better appreciation of the linkages in such terror attacks and a better assessment of how to articulate it in public.
It moves in the direction that we are hoping it will take, but there may be no agreement yet on doctrine and strategy about no first use or nuclear parity. It is modest but encouraging.
We forget that at the height of the Cold War the United States and the Soviet Union were spending $500 billion on their nuclear arsenals.
There's a lot of dash in the announcements, but if they have to be meaningful they have to be negotiated away from the glare of the media at the bilateral level.
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