In 2000, Brigadier Gurmeet Kanwal (retired) wrote engaging piece on the question of whether India needed tactical nuclear weapons (TNWs). The erudite soldier-scholar presented valid arguments […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 پاکستان کو ٹیکٹیکل ہتھیاروں کے استعمال میں پہل کی صلاحیت پر جوہری ردِعمل سے روکنے کی بحث آج بھی جاری ہے۔ نئی دہلی […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]