What to Make of India’s ASAT Test
India’s ASAT Test: The Space vs Nuclear Dichotomy By: Arka Biswas Announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on March 27, India’s recent anti-satellite test […]
Arka Biswas
Arka Biswas is an Associate Fellow at the Strategic Studies Programme of the Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi. He is a Physics Graduate and has a Masters in International Relations from the University of Bristol. His research interests include nuclear deterrence, coercion, and South Asian stability at the nuclear, conventional and subconventional levels of conflict. He was an SAV Visiting Fellow in 2015.
Articles by Arka Biswas
بھارت کا قابلِ اعتماد جوہری ڈیٹرنس اورکشیدگی کنٹرول میں اس کی مرکزیت
بھارت کا پاکستان کو ٹیکٹیکل ہتھیاروں کے استعمال میں پہل کی صلاحیت پر جوہری ردِعمل سے روکنے کی بحث آج بھی جاری ہے۔ نئی دہلی […]
SAV Review: Advancing Without Attacking in India-Pakistan Conflict Dynamics
In a recent article, “Advancing without Attacking: The Strategic Game around the Use of Force,” Dan Altman presents a new framework to study how states […]
Making India’s Nuclear Deterrence Credible: The Centrality of Escalation Control and Dominance
The debate on the nuclear threat that India poses to deter Pakistan’s first use of tactical nuclear weapons (TNWs) is ongoing. Traditionalists in New Delhi […]
Criteria-Based Approach Will Not Help Pakistan Join NSG
Numerous scholars from Pakistan have called for a criteria-based approach for membership to the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) with the expectation that it would strengthen […]
India-Pakistan Nuclear CBMs: Focusing on the Sub-Conventional
It’s been almost two decades since India and Pakistan tested nuclear weapons in May 1998, less than a month apart. Still, the Lahore Memorandum of […]
India’s Reluctance on Tactical Nuclear Weapons
Any ambiguity regarding Pakistan’s plans to develop tactical nuclear weapons (TNWs) was removed by Gen. Khalid Kidwai, former head of the SPD and advisor to […]
Shaheen III and Deterrence Stability in South Asia
Pakistan recently test-fired a surface-to-surface ballistic missile, Shaheen III. Capable of carrying a nuclear warhead, the missile is estimated to have a maximum range of […]
India’s Approach to Nuclear Disarmament at Crossroads
India’s approach to nuclear disarmament is going through a definite shift. India has been calling for global nuclear disarmament since independence. Although, at present, India […]
Counter-Point: numerical parity is not essential for nuclear deterrence
Point, Counter-Point: Counting Nukes – numerical parity essential for nuclear deterrence? Earlier in this series: Point: Nuclear Parity a Necessity for Nuclear Deterrence – a […]