What to Make of India’s ASAT Test
India’s ASAT Test: The Space vs Nuclear Dichotomy By: Arka Biswas Announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on March 27, India’s recent anti-satellite test […]
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 […]
Shifting Dynamics: What the Raisina Dialogue Tells Us About Global Trends
India is on the rise—it is among the fastest growing economies in the world, is an established technology powerhouse, and is increasingly playing a key […]
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 […]
Pakistan’s Full-Spectrum Deterrence: Trends and Trajectories
Twenty years ago, the government of Pakistan decided to respond in kind to India’s nuclear tests in May 1998. Pakistan conducted six nuclear explosions to […]
Gearing up for Drones in India’s Maritime Space
Recently, India issued regulations on the operation of drones or Remotely Piloted Aircraft, incorporating them into its civil aviation regulatory framework effective December, 2018. Drones […]
India-Japan Summit 2018: Consolidating Strategic Ties
In what was his third visit to the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi traveled to Japan to attend the 13th annual India-Japan summit with Prime […]
Assessing the U.S.-India Nuclear Deal Ten Years Later: Symbolism and Substance
On October 8, 2008, President George W. Bush signed the United States-India Nuclear Cooperation Approval and Nonproliferation Enhancement Act into law. Two days later, a […]
India-Russia S-400 Deal: Regional Implications
Three years ago, in December 2015, India approved the purchase of the Russian-made S-400 Triumf air defense system, an anti-ballistic missile, anti-aircraft system, with the […]
Brokering Peace in Nuclear South Asia: A New Lens
Every year since 1945, the month of August unfailingly reminds the world of the unmistakable power and dangers associated with nuclear weapons; this reminder also […]