In the third of a five-part interview centred around his new book, Choices, former national security advisor Shivshankar Menon discusses the Manmohan-Musharraf formula, India and Pakistan’s foreign policy priorities, terrorism and lessons that Indo-Pak relations could adopt from the history of Sino-Indian relations.

Menon explains the consequences of publicly announced surgical strikes and the effect of domestic weaknesses on the external affairs of the two countries.

Watch the first part on India's no first use nuclear policy here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QeREjDYyBI

The second part on Indo-China relations here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zowy-0QXQsE