US-Pakistan: A Cynic’s View from Delhi
United States-Pakistan Strategic Dialogue Earlier in this series US-Pakistan: The Hijab of Expectations Repeat of the Familiar: US, Pakistan, and F-16s Palpable Progress, Uncertain Future? […]
Abhijit Iyer Mitra
After his B.Com from the University of Madras he pursued a career in the corporate world before turning to academia. He holds a Masters Degree in International Relations from the School of Political & Social Inquiry at Monash University, and is pursuing his PhD. He served as research assistant on several projects all under the aegis of the Centre For Muslim Minorities & Islam Policy Studies at Monash (2007-2010). He is a Programme Coordinator at the Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi, and currently a Visiting Research Scholar at Sandia National Laboratories. The views expressed here are the author's own and do not represent any institutional or national position. His primary research is on limited wars and nuclear thresholds, but his interests include, military transformation, defence planning, procurement and offsets, infrastructure, governance and Historical Patterns of Conflict in Democracies. His spare time is spent traveling, cooking, flying microlight aircraft and scuba diving.
Articles by Abhijit Iyer Mitra
Iran Nuclear Deal: A Positive for India?
The Iran nuclear deal is a wonderful opportunity for India. The real test, however, will be whether the deal actually follows through (or even has […]
The US and India on a collision course
For quite some-time now I have been arguing that there are more divergences in India-US ties than convergences. While the “Chinese Threat” may for the […]
Point, Counter Point: the Wisest Choice, Part II
I thank Mark for his comments on my response to his book, though I am deeply skeptical as to if my views can in any […]
Massive Retaliation
India is a “weird” country and its nuclear doctrine “weirder” still. Much of this perception of weirdness arises from the lack of connect strategic logic […]
Point, Counter Point: the Wisest Choice
Point, Counter-Point: A Four Part Series The Wisest Choice, by Abhijit Iyer-Mitra Normalizing Nuclear Pakistan, by Rabia Akhtar After the Euphoria? by Amina Afzal Overlooking’ Pakistan’s Nuclear Dangers, […]
Euphoria, Alarm and Exasperation
While psephology in India today is more voodoo and less science, it seems a fair assumption that the BJP under Narendra Modi would be coming […]
The Colombo Confidence Building Process: New Missile CBMs for South Asia
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 Pitfalls of Peace
Michael Krepon suggested watching the movie “Seven Days in May” starring Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas and Ava Gardner as an object lesson – The consequences […]
Technology, Air Power, and Escalation
The more I interact with policy makers in Delhi, the more I grow convinced that a holistic appreciation of technology and its possibilities is lacking. […]