انسدادی قوت (”کاؤنٹر فورس“) کا جھانسہ اور اس کے خلاف مزاحمت
کر سٹوفر کلیری اور وپن نارنگ کا “انٹر نیشنل سیکورٹی” میگزین میں چھپنے والا مضمون “بھارت کا انسدادی قوت (”کاؤنٹر فورس“) کے حصول کا لالچ […]
Category: SAV Review Series
SAV Review: Analyzing Triadic Coercion in South Asia
On Feb. 14, 2019, a suicide bomber from the Islamist terrorist group, Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), attacked a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) caravan, resulting in one […]
SAV Review: Resisting the Counterforce Temptation
Christopher Clary and Vipin Narang’s article “India’s Counterforce Temptations: Strategic Dilemmas, Doctrines and Capabilities” in International Security attempts to make sense of India’s apparent approach […]
SAV Review: What Drives Doctrinal Change in the Indian Army?
In March 2018, the journal India Review published a special issue on the theme of the Indian strategy and its various elements. Christopher Clary, a […]
SAV Review: Acknowledging Washington’s Blind Eye
Diplomatic history consists of the narratives we learn and then rehearse and repeat. Naturally, our points of view are usually nationalistic and a misreading of […]
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 […]
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 […]
SAV Review: Will India Ever Be Ready for the Indo-Pacific the Way the United States Wants it to Be?
The term Indo-Pacific has undoubtedly become a focal point of global geopolitical discourse in recent times. And the question foremost on analysts’ minds is whether […]
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, […]
SAV Review: Flawed Narratives and Misperceptions About Pakistan’s Nasr Missile
The existing literature on Pakistan’s short-range, nuclear-capable ballistic missile (Hatf-IX) Nasr has so far generated more confusion than clarity about the implications of its role […]