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David Brostoff

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PhD student at Brown University | American University SIS ‘24 | Interested in Strategic Planning, Sino-Russian Relations, and Classical Realist Thought

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Le Rubicon @lerubicon.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
📖 | Les cinq leçons de l’opération « Sindoor » lerubicon.org/les-cinq-lec...
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Les cinq leçons de l’opération « Sindoor »
L’opération « Sindoor », qui a opposé l’Inde et le Pakistan en mai 2025, constitue un tournant dans la pensée stratégique indienne. New Delhi estime désormais pouvoir mener une guerre conventionnelle ...
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Kingston Reif @kingstonareif.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
By striking Pakistan, New Delhi asserts that it has called “Pakistan’s nuclear bluff,”... While India generally signals careful escalation management, it may dangle the prospect of counterforce strikes against Pakistan’s nuclear assets and command and control.
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Deep Learning From Operation Sindoor: Five Takeaways From a Four-Day War
Tensions between India and Pakistan — two countries that President Donald Trump claimed had been fighting for 1,500 years — escalated rapidly over a few
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War on the Rocks @warontherocks.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
After Operation Sindoor, Indian strategists are rethinking how war can be fought below the nuclear threshold.
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Deep Learning From Operation Sindoor: Five Takeaways From a Four-Day War
Tensions between India and Pakistan — two countries that President Donald Trump claimed had been fighting for 1,500 years — escalated rapidly over a few
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War on the Rocks @warontherocks.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
After Operation Sindoor, Indian strategists are rethinking how war can be fought below the nuclear threshold.
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Deep Learning From Operation Sindoor: Five Takeaways From a Four-Day War
Tensions between India and Pakistan — two countries that President Donald Trump claimed had been fighting for 1,500 years — escalated rapidly over a few
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War on the Rocks @warontherocks.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
After Operation Sindoor, Indian strategists are rethinking how war can be fought below the nuclear threshold.
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Deep Learning From Operation Sindoor: Five Takeaways From a Four-Day War
Tensions between India and Pakistan — two countries that President Donald Trump claimed had been fighting for 1,500 years — escalated rapidly over a few
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War on the Rocks @warontherocks.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
What India’s 2025 clash with Pakistan revealed about escalation, capability gaps, and future strategy.
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Deep Learning From Operation Sindoor: Five Takeaways From a Four-Day War
Tensions between India and Pakistan — two countries that President Donald Trump claimed had been fighting for 1,500 years — escalated rapidly over a few
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War on the Rocks @warontherocks.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
After Operation Sindoor, Indian strategists are rethinking how war can be fought below the nuclear threshold.
warontherocks.com
Deep Learning From Operation Sindoor: Five Takeaways From a Four-Day War
Tensions between India and Pakistan — two countries that President Donald Trump claimed had been fighting for 1,500 years — escalated rapidly over a few
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War on the Rocks @warontherocks.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
What India’s 2025 clash with Pakistan revealed about escalation, capability gaps, and future strategy.
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Deep Learning From Operation Sindoor: Five Takeaways From a Four-Day War
Tensions between India and Pakistan — two countries that President Donald Trump claimed had been fighting for 1,500 years — escalated rapidly over a few
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David Brostoff @dbrostoff.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Between May 7–10, India and Pakistan fought an 88-hour war known as Operation Sindoor. What strategic and operational lessons did Indian planners learn from these four days in May? My latest in @warontherocks.bsky.social with Sameer Lalwani and Shailender Arya. warontherocks.com/2026/01/deep...
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Deep Learning From Operation Sindoor: Five Takeaways From a Four-Day War
Tensions between India and Pakistan — two countries that President Donald Trump claimed had been fighting for 1,500 years — escalated rapidly over a few
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War on the Rocks @warontherocks.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
The Russo-Indian defense relationship is full of contradictions. Washington’s task is to understand it well enough to see what comes next. warontherocks.com/20...
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Friends with Limits: The Future of Russo-Indian Defense Ties - War on the Rocks
Earlier this year, a Russian Su-57 fighter jet roared across Indian skies, capturing attention at the Aero India exhibition. The Kremlin’s aspirations for
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Christian Thiels @christianthiels.eurosky.social · 25/04/2025
"The Russo-Indian defense relationship is full of contradictions. Washington’s task is to understand it well enough to see what comes next." @warontherocks.bsky.social warontherocks.com/2025/04/frie...
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Friends with Limits: The Future of Russo-Indian Defense Ties - War on the Rocks
Earlier this year, a Russian Su-57 fighter jet roared across Indian skies, capturing attention at the Aero India exhibition. The Kremlin’s aspirations for
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Jim Goldgeier @jimgoldgeier.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
"U.S. policymakers need to appreciate both the floor and the ceiling of Russo-Indian relations." Fascinating and detailed @warontherocks.bsky.social piece by @dbrostoff.bsky.social and Dan Markey warontherocks.com/2025/04/frie...
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Friends with Limits: The Future of Russo-Indian Defense Ties - War on the Rocks
Earlier this year, a Russian Su-57 fighter jet roared across Indian skies, capturing attention at the Aero India exhibition. The Kremlin’s aspirations for
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War on the Rocks @warontherocks.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
The Russo-Indian defense relationship is full of contradictions. Washington’s task is to understand it well enough to see what comes next. warontherocks.com/20...
warontherocks.com
Friends with Limits: The Future of Russo-Indian Defense Ties - War on the Rocks
Earlier this year, a Russian Su-57 fighter jet roared across Indian skies, capturing attention at the Aero India exhibition. The Kremlin’s aspirations for
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David Brostoff @dbrostoff.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
What are the floors and ceilings of the Russo-Indian defense partnership? Daniel Markey and I assess Russia and India’s ties in @warontherocks.bsky.social warontherocks.com/2025/04/frie...
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Friends with Limits: The Future of Russo-Indian Defense Ties - War on the Rocks
Earlier this year, a Russian Su-57 fighter jet roared across Indian skies, capturing attention at the Aero India exhibition. The Kremlin’s aspirations for
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The Diplomat @thediplomat.com · 23/03/2025
The idea of the Trump administration pulling a "reverse Kissinger" relies on a historical fallacy: Kissinger didn’t create the Sino-Soviet split. He merely took advantage of it.
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The ‘Reverse Kissinger’ Strategy Is Based on Bad History
The idea relies on a historical fallacy: Kissinger didn’t create the Sino-Soviet split. He merely took advantage of it.
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The Diplomat @thediplomat.com · 27/03/2025
The “reverse Kissinger” is a bad case of applied history, which fails to grapple with different geopolitical contexts.
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The ‘Reverse Kissinger’ Strategy Is Based on Bad History
The idea relies on a historical fallacy: Kissinger didn’t create the Sino-Soviet split. He merely took advantage of it.
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Jim Goldgeier @jimgoldgeier.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Great piece by my former student David Brostoff on the delusion of the so-called reverse Kissinger strategy thediplomat.com/2025/03/the-...
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The ‘Reverse Kissinger’ Strategy Is Based on Bad History
The idea relies on a historical fallacy: Kissinger didn’t create the Sino-Soviet split. He merely took advantage of it.
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