<b>Aman Singh:</b> India needs economic surgical strikes

India needs to think beyond the binary doctrine of military action and diplomacy. It needs a strategy for economic surgical strikes to deal decisively with Pakistan and end the war against terrorism

Preventive surgical strikes provide much-needed tactical leverage in dealing with a rogue nation like Pakistan. However, considering the tactical flexibility and options available with the "deep state" within Pakistan, India needs to think beyond the binary doctrine of military and diplomacy. India needs a similar strategy for economic surgical strikes to end the war against terrorism and deal decisively with Pakistan. This is possible only with a multi-pronged strategy - military, diplomatic, technological and economic.

After Uri, the choice for India was "change versus more of the same". At last, India has decided to do things differently. Surgical strikes