An international military flashpoint (India–Pakistan troop movements and nuclear signaling) forces the administration to balance deterrence, diplomacy, and the need for a credible, time‑bound response.
An international military flashpoint (India–Pakistan troop movements and nuclear signaling) forces the administration to balance deterrence, diplomacy, and the need for a credible, time‑bound response.
Events in This Arc
In the Situation Room the Joint Chiefs brief President Bartlet and Leo on a dangerous escalation along the India–Pakistan cease‑fire line. Photo‑recon shows India moving new units to the border …
In the President's bedroom Lord Marbury lays out a blunt realpolitik plan — the 'carrot' of infrastructure and technology assistance to bend India away from escalation — and Bartlet and …
A brief, human moment dissolves international tension: in the Mural Room Abbey and Lord Marbury trade wry, intimate banter while Bartlet and Leo arrive with photographs proving Indian troop withdrawals. …