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The article discusses the "Cold Start" doctrine of India. The doctrine had been used in various military exercises and originally applied in the early phases of World War II. The article cites the failure of the Indian military leadership to act against Islamabad, Pakistan as the reason for the development of the doctrine.

The article discusses the role played by the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Agency in the domestic politics and relations with neighboring countries, India in particular, of Pakistan. India has convicted that a suicide bomb attack on the Indian Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan on July 7, 2008 was a work of the ISI. India's National Security Advisor, M. K. Narayanan denounced that India will not let the attack go unpunished and ISI needs to be destroyed.

The article focuses on the impact of the 2008 election results in Pakistan. It states that the outcomes of the election demonstrate the rejection of the dictatorship and dominance of Islamic extremism in the country. Further, it is also noted that the election results offer lessons to the country's political candidates as well as to other countries, particularly the U.S. and the West.