Analysis
The Other Side of the Nuclear Coin
The advent of fission in 1938 – a process in which an atom, bombarded with neutron is split into two or more parts with the release of a large amount of energy – gave the […]
NPT
Military
North Korea is Not the Biggest Threat, Its India!
“The civil nuclear cooperation agreement between the two countries has not turned the relationship into a partnership, as envisioned. But it has undermined US leadership credibility in trying to strengthen the global nonproliferation regime.” – […]
Environment
When India Tested a Nuclear Device on Its Citizens
On May 18, 1974, India claimed that it had successfully tested a nuclear device, codenamed “Smiling Buddha” and became the sixth nation to have exploded a fission device. The test was conducted exactly four years […]
Featured Article
No First Use, No Deterrence
At first glance, it sounds like a great and simple idea. Any nuclear-weapon use would be a catastrophe: it would break the ‘nuclear taboo’ and have, in many scenarios, terrible material, human and even environmental […]
Military
Pakistan’s Skepticism on India’s NFU Policy Stands Validated
The South Asian region is widely regarded as being vulnerable to the threat of nuclear war, largely due to the Kashmir issue’s dangerous potential as a ‘nuclear flashpoint’ between India and Pakistan. This is evident […]
Military
No, First Use!
A policy of No First Use (NFU) asserts that the nuclear arsenal of that state would only be used in response to a nuclear attack and never in response to a conventional attack. Out of […]
Analysis
The Controversy Surrounding India’s Nuclear NFU Posture!
South Asia is once again on a military escalation trajectory as a consequence of India’s decision to annex the occupied territory of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K). Instead of taking corrective measures, senior Indian ministers are […]
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Could CTBT Lead to India’s NSG Membership?
The 48-member Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) is deliberating the technical, political and legal aspects for admitting India and Pakistan into its folds. India, which has not signed the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) – a prerequisite […]
Nuclear
India, Pakistan and the NSG
(This paper was originally published by Project Alpha, King’s College London) Abstract This paper examines the question of Nuclear Suppliers Group membership in the context of applications from two non-NPT states with nuclear weapons. This […]
Analysis
Nuclear Insanity that Shook the Desert
Ever wonder how India managed to acquire the nuclear bomb and fooled the reigning superpower, the United States of America? Or has the international community left India as a determined proliferator which can’t be stopped? […]