The Reality of Pulwama: Moving Beyond the Optics
While it has been over a month since the deadly Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM)-perpetrated vehicle-borne suicide attack that took place in the Pulwama district of Jammu and […]
India’s Pakistan-Specific Land Warfare Doctrine: An Overview
Army doctrines, which encapsulate a military service’s warfighting principles, act as a catalyst for experiments with new concepts and terminologies of complex security arrangements. The […]
SAV Review: When Push Comes to Shove, Will India’s NFU Stand?
Editor’s Note: This piece is a response to Reshmi Kazi’s review of Kumar Sundaram and M.V. Ramana’s article “India and the Policy of No First Use […]
بھارت-امریکہ جوہری معاہدے کے دس سال:پاکستان پر اثرات
۲۰۰۸ میں بھارت-امریکہ جوہری معاہدہ دونوں ملکوںــــ جو دنیا کی سب سے بڑی جمہوریتیں بھی ہیںـــ کے تعلقات میں ایک اہم موڑ ثابت ہوا۔جب اس […]
The U.S.-India Nuclear Deal Ten Years On: The View from Washington
The 2008 civil nuclear deal is the most important episode in U.S.-India relations in at least three decades. From the perspective of the United States, […]
SAV Review: India’s No-First-Use Doctrine is Here to Stay
The use of nuclear weapons against a state’s adversary is a critical component of deterrence policy. Understanding the importance of this, India adheres to a […]
تیسری قوت کے ذریعےجوہری امن کو برقرار رکھنا: جنوبی ایشیا کےلئے اثرات
تزویراتی لٹریچر یہ بتاتا ہے کہ کشیدگی کے اوقات میں جوہری دشمنوں کا مقصد براہِ راست حملے کو ڈیٹر کرنا (روکنا) ہے۔ اسے دوطرفہ ڈیٹرنس […]
Maintaining Nuclear Peace through Third Parties: Implications for South Asia
Strategic literature has generally posited that in crisis moments the goal of nuclear rivals is to deter direct attacks. This has been termed as a […]
India, Pakistan, and the Tussle of Escalation Dominance
The cancellation of a meeting between the Indian and Pakistani foreign ministers that was to be held on the sidelines of the United Nations General […]
SAV Review: The New Era of Counterforce in South Asia
Instead of reducing reliance on nuclear capability as a step towards disarmament, nuclear weapons states have been steadily modernizing their nuclear forces. Offensive nuclear postures, […]