India is not a Future Proliferator
In December 2006, the “Henry Hyde United States-India Peaceful Atomic Energy Cooperation Act” was passed with strong bipartisan support consistent with the sense of the […]
Category: Nuclear
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Pakistan’s Nukes – the truth that cannot be ignored
The international community shares deep apprehension over the security of Pakistan’s nuclear weapons. These concerns persist despite repeated assurances from Pakistani government officials, its army […]
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 […]
Outsourcing Escalation Control
In the extended deterrence literature, third party defenders play an important role in resolving a crisis primarily due to their credibility to retaliate. But the […]
The truth about Pakistan’s nukes
By: Rizwan Asghar Over the past few years, the international community is experiencing a lot of paranoia about the so-called threats to Pakistan’s nuclear program. […]
Proactive Operations and Massive Retaliation: Whither Deterrence Stability?
Ever since India’s 1974 nuclear test, South Asia has witnessed nuclear signaling on various occasions, often couched in nationalist rhetoric and sabre rattling, especially during […]