Outline

0:00 Introduction

2:11 Requirements for Military Coercion

6:15 From Tactical Success to Political Gains

11:24 How to Deter China

18:11 Lessons from Operation Sindoor

26:26 Conflict Below Nuclear Threshold

31:04 Evolving Role of Third Parties

36:25 Higher Defense Reforms

42:57 Bureaucratic and Political Challenges

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