Troubled Water: India’s History with the Indian Ocean Zone of Peace
In April 2016, India took a significant step towards completing its nuclear triad with the test of its K-4 intermediate-range, submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) from […]
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Deterrence by Design: Sino-Pak Strategic Cooperation in Gwadar
F.S. Aijazuddin in his excellent book on Pakistan’s role in 1971 U.S.- Chinese rapprochement wrote that “Pakistanis love China for what it can do for […]
Point, Counter-Point: To Sea or not to Sea – a Nuclear Triad in South Asia
Point, Counter-Point: Sea-based deterrence Earlier in this series: Troublesome Trajectories for Minimalist Strategy … STABILIZING* (T&C Apply) Sea-based nuclear deterrent – a strategic stabilizer? “Diversification is […]
Point, Counter-Point: Sea-based nuclear deterrent – a strategic stabilizer?
Point, Counter-Point: Sea-based deterrence Earlier in this series: Troublesome Trajectories for Minimalist Strategy … STABILIZING* (T&C Apply) *** In the next decade, South Asia will emerge […]
Point, Counter-Point: … STABILIZING* (T&C Apply)
Point, Counter-Point: Sea-based deterrence Earlier in this series: Troublesome Trajectories for Minimalist Strategy *** Ever since 1998, India and Pakistan have been in the process of […]
Point, Counter-Point: Troublesome Trajectories for Minimalist Strategy
Point, Counter-Point: Sea-based deterrence In the academic world, controversy, criticism and alarmism are often considered stimuli for further research and innovation to resolve various puzzles. In […]
India’s Quest for a Nuclear Submarine
In July 2009, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh unveiled India’s first nuclear submarine, INS Arihant, catapulting it into a select group of countries possessing naval nuclear […]