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Rabia Akhtar

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fast wars steady thresholds why south asia’s nuclear restraint persists in a compressed battlespace

Fast Wars, Steady Thresholds: Why South Asia’s Nuclear Restraint Persists in a Compressed Battlespace

Applying Herman Kahn’s escalation ladder to the May 2025 events between India and Pakistan demonstrates that the conflict largely occupied the middle rungs. But the question remains: is the threshold for nuclear use in the India-Pakistan context overstatedly fragile?