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The Nuclear Taboo, Deterrence, and Institutional Relationships
Waning Nuclear Taboo in South Asia In a recent Stimson Center paper, Nina Tannenwald discusses the dynamics of the “nuclear taboo”, the “normative inhibition against nuclear first use,” in South Asia. Tannenwald points to the declining strength of the nuclear…
India’s Underappreciated Realpolitik: Navigating the Geopolitical Spectrum
Historically, India’s approach to the global order has been grounded in the principles of pragmatism and realpolitik—a fact that has often been under appreciated by observers of international politics. In the past, India has navigated the politics of the Middle…
The P-5’s Burden: Discrimination, Ethics, Morality, and Nuclear Weapons
Keep increasing the earth’s burden, And through it all maintain That you are the NPT’s agent. That’s your claim to fame. And, should your own actions Come back to haunt you one day, Retort that only some nukes are okay.…
Strategic Imperatives for Deterrence Stability in South Asia
Conceptually crafting a strategy for South Asian deterrence stability is to understand that (primarily) escalation control is interdependent with deterrence stability—that is, escalation control may not occur without the possible application of deterrence stability. And deterrence stability requires a conducive,…
We don’t talk about how much is enough!
Nuclear weapons countries do not talk about what they consider enough to deter an adversary - and new nuclear weapons possessors especially do not talk about how much is enough. Try asking an official associated with the Indian nuclear weapons…
South Asia needs ‘nuclear moderates’
Apparently, nuclear decision-makers in India and Pakistan are still impressed by Kenneth Waltz’s ‘more may be better’ discourse – even though US-USSR/Russia strategic arms reductions have proved ‘more may not be better’. Advocates of nuclear deterrence in both the countries…