{"id":1450,"date":"2026-08-09T19:11:56","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:41:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/discuss-the-utility-of-nuclear-deterrence-theory-in-the-context-upsc-psir-2019-3207\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T21:56:28","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T16:26:28","slug":"discuss-the-utility-of-nuclear-deterrence-theory-in-the-context-upsc-psir-2019-3207","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/discuss-the-utility-of-nuclear-deterrence-theory-in-the-context-upsc-psir-2019-3207\/","title":{"rendered":"Discuss the utility of Nuclear Deterrence Theory in the context of the recent standoff between India and Pakistan."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pq-flow\">\n<div class=\"pq-flow-h\">Flow snapshot <em>&mdash; how the answer moves<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p1\"><span>Intro routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">&#8211; = R1 deterrence\u2019s core logic: catastrophic retaliation \/ MAD deters attack \u2192 Brodie\u2019s dictum \u2192 applied to India-Pakistan dyad * R2 India\u2019s NFU + credible minimum deterrence vs Pakistan&#039;s TNW \u2192 grounded back in MAD logic<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">MAD logic \u2192 Brodie \u201cready, never used\u201d \u2192 India\u2019s NFU\/CMD vs Pakistan\u2019s TNW (offsets conventional asymmetry) \u2192 held since 1998 \u2192 2019 Pulwama-Balakot: escalation but restraint \u2192 Schelling\u2019s stability-instability paradox \u2192 non-state actors evade the nuclear threshold<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">Manoj Joshi: deterrence alone insufficient \u2192 strategic stability still needs conventional capability + diplomacy<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">es R1 deterrence secures against full-scale war, not full peace \u00b0 R2 balance of terror real but bounded \u2192 conventional strength and diplomacy fill the rest<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[37],"pyq_marks":[38],"pyq_topic":[75],"pyq_paper":[69],"class_list":["post-1450","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-37","pyq_marks-10-marks","pyq_topic-key-concepts-in-international-relations","pyq_paper-paper-2"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/psir_pyq"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1450\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2667,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1450\/revisions\/2667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1450"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1450"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1450"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}