Evolving Deterrence: Nuclear Competition in Maritime South Asia
The academic world has been buzzing with criticism since reports emerged that India’s first nuclear-powered submarine, INS Arihant, is ready to be commissioned into operational […]
Nuclear Issues
Nuclear Suppliers Group: Need for Objective Criteria
The Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) is losing credibility. The proposed new criteria for membership, discussed in the June plenary and the December consultative meeting last […]
Nuclear Suppliers Group: Another Opportunity for India?
The Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) will once again consider India’s application for participation in the export control group in its next plenary meeting in Berne, […]
India’s Missile Technology Acquisition: Current Trends and Future Prospects
In the aftermath of missile tests conducted by Pakistan and India in the past six months, decisive developments in the nuclear geometry of South Asia […]
Nuclear Weapons Ban: Casting Pearls before Swine
Despite objections from major nuclear powers, more than 120 countries launched the first round of United Nations negotiations on a global nuclear weapons ban in March […]
Pakistan’s MIRV Test: Positive Development for Strategic Stability?
In January, Pakistan claimed to have test-fired a 2,200 km range Ababeel ballistic missile with Multiple Independently-Targetable Re-entry Vehicle (MIRV) capability that would ensure the […]
NFU Debate: Putting the Cart before the Horse
Professor Vipin Narang’s comments at the 2017 Carnegie Nuclear Policy Conference have generated considerable debate about India’s nuclear posture and doctrine – specifically putting in […]
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Building Castles in the Air: Critique of The First Use by India Hypothesis
Imminent use of nuclear weapons by Pakistan will make India go first, carry out a comprehensive first strike, and take out Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal. So […]
#Nukefest2017 Hot Takes: Potential Indian Nuclear First Use?
At the 2017 Carnegie International Nuclear Policy Conference in Washington D.C., Prof. Vipin Narang, an expert on South Asian nuclear strategy at the Massachusetts Institute of […]
India’s Successful PSLV-C37 Launch: Mastering Dual Use Technology?
Last week, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) attained a technological feat that would not have come as a surprise to those following India’s space […]
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 […]
Hot Takes: Pakistan’s MIRV-capable Ababeel Missile
Pakistan’s Ababeel: Neither a Surprise, Nor a Threat By Rabia Akhtar This week, Pakistan successfully conducted the first ever test of its new medium-range, surface-to-surface […]
Hot Takes: Pakistan’s Test of Babur-3
Pakistan’s Babur-3: Quest for Nuclear Triad By: Saima Sial Last week, Pakistan successfully test-fired an indigenously-developed submarine launched cruise missile called Babur-3, with a range […]
Banning the Bomb: India Will Wait and See
In late October, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted a resolution to convene worldwide negotiations, early next year, on a “legally binding instrument to […]
Banning the Bomb: India Abstains on Ban Vote, Bides Time
The UN General Assembly recently adopted a resolution calling for the commencement of negotiations in 2017 for a “legally binding instrument” to prohibit nuclear weapons. […]
Banning the Bomb: Pakistan’s Prospects
In the last week of October, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) Disarmament and International Security Committee adopted resolution L.41, which initiates a formal process […]
Banning the Bomb: Pakistan’s Perspective
Calls to ban the bomb are as old as the bomb itself. From the founding of the Federation of American Scientists (1945) to the Russel-Einstein […]