
Spineless economy, still bolstering military power
There is a conventional belief that ‘military power determines political role of a state in international politics’. Is it true in this increasingly globalized multi-polar […]
There is a conventional belief that ‘military power determines political role of a state in international politics’. Is it true in this increasingly globalized multi-polar […]
(The title for this post is inspired by Michael Krepon’s 2011 blog article titled “DGMO” highlighting the importance of DGMOs to Strategic Stability in South […]
Past is prologue A few months back, Rabia Akhtar and Jayita Sarkar (hereafter Rabs and Jay) bumped into each other online over proposing a panel […]
By: Mansoor Ahmed and Abhijit Iyer-Mitra Ever since India and Pakistan went nuclear in rapid succession in 1998, their paths to weaponisation and doctrine have […]
The negotiations in Geneva last month between Iran and the P5+1 powers demonstrated at least two key elements: a) Washington continues to search for a […]
That which we call a nuke by any other name would devastate as deeply Tactical Nuclear Weapons (TNWs henceforth) have remained a subject of intense […]
India has been modernising its missile capabilities. It has successfully flight-tested its longer range missiles like Agni-IV and Agni-V. It has also made efforts at […]
Dennis Kux employs the term ‘marriage of convenience’ in his book The United States and Pakistan 1947-2000: Disenchanted Allies (p.266) to elucidate the nature of […]
Michael Krepon suggested watching the movie “Seven Days in May” starring Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas and Ava Gardner as an object lesson – The consequences […]
Undoubtedly, national security is the first and foremost concern for every state in the competitive international politics. States leave no stone unturned to preserve and […]