Strategic Culture
Return to articleWhat’s In A Name? The Etymology of South Asia’s Missiles
Language not only serves as a means of communication but also exerts a significant psycholinguistic impact on listeners. Specific choices of words can intensify or diminish the importance of any issue and shape perspectives passively. The nomenclature of South Asia's…
بھارت اور پاکستان کو جوہری ذمہ داریوں پر مذاکرات کرنا ہوں گے
۲۰۱۹ میں، ایک انتخابی ریلی سے خطاب کرتے ہوئے بھارتی وزیرِ اعظم نریندر مودی نے برسرعام ایک بھڑکتا ہوا بیان داغا تھا کہ، "ہر دوسرے دن وہ (یعنی پاکستان) کہتے ہیں کہ 'ہمارے پاس جوہری بٹن ہے، ہمارے پاس جوہری…
India and Pakistan Must Negotiate Nuclear Responsibilities
In 2019, while addressing an election rally, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi stated a fiery public remark, "every other day they [Pakistan] used to say 'we have nuclear button, we have nuclear button.' What do we have then? Have we kept…
Is It Time for India to Rethink its Nuclear Strategy?
India’s nuclear strategy is guided by Credible Minimum Deterrence (CMD), which underscores the country’s No First Use (NFU) policy with second-strike capability. Although this policy has remained consistent since its inception, serving government officials and defense experts have questioned India’s…
Gender Mainstreaming in South Asia: Country Perspectives
After the introductory South Asian Voices–Kubernein Initiative webinar on the need for a Feminist Foreign Policy Framework in South Asia, regional analysts from India, Pakistan, Nepal, Afghanistan, and Sri Lanka will consider the benefits and challenges of gender mainstreaming and elevating underrepresented voices…
From Gender to Geopolitics: Towards a Feminist Foreign Policy in South Asia
In this South Asian Voices webinar, run jointly with the Kubernein Initiative, experts from across the subcontinent will examine what a “Feminist Foreign Policy” framework means for the subcontinent and how this approach could make policymaking related to defense, geopolitics, trade, health, and the…