جنوبی ایشیا کے تزویراتی ماحول میں نظریاتی اختلاف
بھارت اور پاکستان کے مابین بالاکوٹ تنازعے نے جنوبی ایشیاء کے تزویراتی توازن میں ایک اور ہنگامہ خیز باب کا اضافہ کیا ہے۔ فروری ۲۰۱۹ […]
Category: TNWs
Understanding Perception Dissonance in South Asia’s Strategic Environment
The Balakot crisis between India and Pakistan added another tumultuous chapter to South Asia’s strategic stability. In February 2019, India conducted unprecedented air strikes on […]
Nuclear BrahMos: On the Anvil?
Since the early 2000s, the BrahMos missile system has made India’s military arsenal a formidable one. A product of a joint Indo-Russian initiative, the weapon […]
Twenty Years into Nuclear South Asia: Resuming Dialogue to Stabilize Deterrence
Deterrence theory suggests that a stable deterrence moderates the security dilemma between rival nuclear states. Nearly four decades ago, Kenneth Waltz, a leading nuclear optimist, […]
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 […]
بھارت کا قابلِ اعتماد جوہری ڈیٹرنس اورکشیدگی کنٹرول میں اس کی مرکزیت
بھارت کا پاکستان کو ٹیکٹیکل ہتھیاروں کے استعمال میں پہل کی صلاحیت پر جوہری ردِعمل سے روکنے کی بحث آج بھی جاری ہے۔ نئی دہلی […]
SAV Review: Advancing Without Attacking in India-Pakistan Conflict Dynamics
In a recent article, “Advancing without Attacking: The Strategic Game around the Use of Force,” Dan Altman presents a new framework to study how states […]
Making India’s Nuclear Deterrence Credible: The Centrality of Escalation Control and Dominance
The debate on the nuclear threat that India poses to deter Pakistan’s first use of tactical nuclear weapons (TNWs) is ongoing. Traditionalists in New Delhi […]
The Cold Start Doctrine and India’s Compellence Woes
Yet again, South Asia watchers are concerned about the growing conflagration between India and Pakistan, as evidenced by constant ceasefire violations along the Line of […]
Cold Start, Hot Nukes
Last month, India’s newly-appointed army chief General Bipin Rawat blew the lid off of India’s Cold Start Doctrine (CSD). Former army chief General V.K. Singh […]