Modi's Strategic Choice: How to Respond to Terrorism from Pakistan
George Perkovich and Toby Dalton | Washington Quarterly
Indian decision makers face a strategic conundrum: how to deter and/ or respond to future terrorism emanating from Pakistan. The dilemmas are manifold: punitive action may assuage the desire of an angry public for revenge, but too heavy a response may motivate actors in Pakistan to escalate attacks in India; while a weak riposte is unlikely to convince Pakistan's civilian and military leaders to alter their long-standing embrace of conflict against India by proxy.
China Rolls Out Military Roadmap of "Active Defense" Strategy
Xinhua News Agency
China issued Tuesday its first white paper on military strategy, stressing "active defense" and pledging closer international security cooperation. The paper underscored that China will never enter into a nuclear arms race with any other country. China also pledged to continue to contribute to world peace.
Iran will Allow UN Nuclear Inspectors to Visit Military Sites, Negotiator Says
Guardian
Iran has agreed to grant United Nations inspectors “managed access” to military sites as part of a future deal over its contested nuclear programme, a negotiator said on Sunday, apparently contradicting earlier comments by the nation’s supreme leader.
Russian, Iranian Experts Finalizing S-300 Supply Contract
Sputnik News
Russian and Iranian experts are finalizing a contract to supply Iran with Russian S-300 missile defense systems, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said Tuesday.
Netanyahu Thanks Kerry: U.S. Met its Commitment to Israel Over Nuclear Issue
Barak Ravid | Haaretz
U.S. Under Secretary of State Rose Gottemoeller did not say which nations had tried to "cynically manipulate" the conference, though she accused Egypt and other Arab states of bringing "unrealistic and unworkable conditions" to the negotiations.
China Warned Over 'Insane' Plans for New Nuclear Power Plants
Emma Graham-Harrison | Guardian
China's plans for a rapid expansion of nuclear power plants are “insane” because the country is not investing enough in safety controls, a leading Chinese scientist has warned. Proposals to build plants inland, as China ends a moratorium on new generators imposed after the Fukushima disaster in March 2011, are particularly risky, the physicist He Zuoxiu said.