Rajiv Nayan
China nurtures its nuclear nexus with Pakistan
China and Pakistan reached a formal agreement in February 2013 to construct a third nuclear reactor in Chashma. This has caused widespread nervousness while making the NSG look weak-kneed.
Update on India’s Membership of Multilateral Export Controls Regimes
Both the government as well and the strategic community are convinced that India must not join the Australia Group without a road map for the MTCR and the NSG.
Politics of Arms Trade Treaty Negotiations
The treaty needs to be capable of addressing existing and perceived threat of the world; at the same time, it should be flexible enough to meet emerging security challenges.
The Arms Trade Treaty and India
Since the idea of export controls may be new for a large number of countries, and most of the proposed provisions are borrowed from existing systems in developed countries, the treaty should be flexible enough to remove redundant provisions and adopt new provisions suitable for changed circumstances.
The Problems with the NTI Ranking on Nuclear Security
Indexing will provide a further opportunity for countries to make allegations that the NGOs working on nuclear security are basically pushing the agenda of the US non-proliferation community as well as of the US government.
The Non-Aligned Movement and Nuclear Security
Despite not taking a stand on nuclear security or nuclear terrorism, the NAM appears determined to adopt key elements of nuclear security.
How Accurate is the NTI Nuclear Materials Security Index?
While the project that produced the Report engaged some credible scholars from western universities and elsewhere, but the control and leadership exercised on the project by known non-proliferation activists may have sent a wrong signal to the non-western world.
The Emerging Nuclear Security Regime: Challenges Ahead
everal measures are being initiated by the international community to secure sensitive materials.
India’s Nuclear Security Policy
Though India has supported and adopted the international legal framework for nuclear security, it has adopted a somewhat unique approach reflecting its policy of cautious activism.
