Misgivings on India’s Non-Proliferation Record a Folly
When India is aspiring for Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) membership, and harmonizing its export control rules with global norms, sporadic allegations have been made against […]
Category: India
Irrationality, Doth Thy Name!
Here are some thoughts after reading Perkovich’s excellent paper on non-unitary model of nuclear deterrence So if I get it right, essentially the world believes […]
Threat to Deterrence Stability: The Indian Power in Conventional Warfare
It is a matter of some intrigue that while nuclear non-proliferation remains a strong focus of the West in South Asia, increased Indian capability in […]
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. […]
South Asian Stability at the helm of Doctrinal Asymmetry
Since the overt nuclearization of 1998, South Asia’s strategic stability has been affected by recurring India-Pakistan crises. In the decade that followed, even as the […]
India-US: More than an Alliance
The reaffirmation of commitment by Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President Barack Obama to implement the bilateral nuclear trade agreement and the joint declaration […]
Of Peace, Pakistan and Petty Politics
With the Indian parliamentary elections slated for 2014, the election campaigns for both the Indian National Congress and the Bhartya Janata Party (BJP) are already […]
An Indian Nuclear Weapons Debate
What do you do if you are a young researcher in India attempting to study India’s nuclear weapons programme – the history, the policy and […]
Sixty Six Years Old and Still Fighting
Entering their sixty seventh year of independence, the South Asian nuclear neighbors, still seek thrill in cross border fireworks, that not only claim precious military […]
Writing History: School Textbooks in India
This is not the blog post I intended to write, and recent events can be held accountable for this volte-face. Earlier this month, The Hindu […]