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Eroding Nuclear Restraint: From Natanz to South Asia’s Next Crisis
The recent U.S.-Israel attack on Iran’s Natanz uranium-enrichment facility and the Iranian attack targeting Israel’s own nuclear enrichment facility near Dimona reflect an accelerating and dangerous shift in global nuclear politics: the erosion of the international norm against attacking critical…
India’s Nuclear Bet: Liberalization, Small Reactors, and Big Ambitions
Below, Hely Desai analyzes India’s development of small modular reactors and its implications for New Delhi’s nuclear energy and economic goals. In a recent piece, Brigadier (Retd). Zahir Kazmi responds with some of the concerns that this development generates in…
سیاسی ترغیبات بھارت پاکستان کے اگلے میزائل معاہدے کا تعین کریں گی
مارچ ۹، ۲۰۲۴ کو بھارت کے براہموس کروز میزائل کے مس فائر ہونے کا واقعہ بیتے دو سال مکمل ہوئے، جو حادثاتی طور پر پاکستان کے شہر میاں چنوں میں گرا تھا۔ اس وقت اگرچہ عالمی توجہ یوکرین پر روسی…
Political Incentives Will Determine the Next India-Pakistan Missile Agreement
March 9, 2024, marked two years since an Indian BrahMos cruise missile misfired, accidentally landing in Pakistan’s Mian Channu city. While global attention at the time concentrated on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the ensuing nuclear risks, the incident in…
Small Modular Reactors: India’s Quandary to Liberalize the Nuclear Energy Arena
India has been striving to contribute to the global clean energy fraternity amidst efforts to reduce its carbon footprint and achieve net-zero emissions by 2070. While India ventures to meet its growing energy requirements sustainably, nuclear energy seems to be…
Cybersecurity Framework for Pakistan’s Nuclear Facilities
Since the introduction of nuclear technology, states have developed a comprehensive international nuclear security regime. The regime is a web of institutions and norms accepted by states, international organizations, and relevant stakeholders to keep the world relatively safe from nuclear…