Upping the Ante in Conventional Deterrence: An Overview of India’s Tejas Fighter Jet
Two months ago the Indian Air Force (IAF) operationalized its second squadron of the Tejas Light Combat Aircraft (LCA), an indigenous fighter jet that initially […]
Category: Doctrine
Changing the Script to Change the Narrative: The Modi Government’s Evolving Playbook on Pakistan
Since 2014, India’s security and foreign policy thinking on Pakistan has been characterized by a singular motif: changing the script to change the narrative. This […]
Pakistan’s Full-Spectrum Deterrence: Trends and Trajectories
In 2018, Sannia Abdullah analyzed Pakistan’s evolving force posture and outlined what is entailed in Pakistan’s nuclear doctrine of full-spectrum deterrence. With some analysts maintaining […]
بالاکوٹ بحران کے ایک برس بعد: بھارتی ردعمل اوراسباق کا تجزیہ
بھارت اور پاکستان کے مابین گزشتہ فروری میں پیدا ہوئے بحران کے ایک برس بعد بھی دونوں ریاستیں اس تنازعے کے بیانیئے کو طے کرنے […]
Taking Stock a Year after Balakot: India’s Crisis Response and Takeaways
A year after the crisis between India and Pakistan last February, the two nations continue to vie to set the conflict’s narrative, and many of […]
Pakistan’s Consolidating Conventional Deterrence: An Assessment
In 2018, Maimuna Ashraf examined Pakistan’s strategic direction since the 1998 nuclear tests, its developing conventional military capabilities, and the consequences this could have for […]
SAV Review: The New Era of Counterforce in South Asia
In 2018, Sufian Ullah analyzed the role of expanding counterforce technologies in South Asia in light of Keir A. Lieber and Daryl G. Press’s International Security journal […]
بھارتی جوہری پالیسی پر بحث ایک بار پھر گرم
جوہری پالیسی پر مچی ہلچل تانوی کلکرنی جوہری ہتھیار کے استعمال میں پہل نہ کرنے کی بھارتی پالیسی ”نوفرسٹ یوز“ (این ایف یو) عوام میں […]
INDIA, CHINA, AND THE BATTLE OF PERCEPTIONS IN THE INDO-PACIFIC
In 2018, Vivek Mishra assessed the importance of narrative-building, based on both hard and soft power, in the India-China battle for influence among countries in the […]
Hot Takes: India’s NFU Debate Heats Up (Again)
Much Ado about the NFU By: Tanvi Kulkarni India’s nuclear no-first-use (NFU) policy is under public discussion again. This time, the buzz around the validity […]