Nuclear and Arms Control

About Centre

Nuclear science and technology have impinged upon global politics and security studies for decades. MP-IDSA has focused on the study of the political and strategic facets of nuclear science and technology since its inception and is known for providing a different perspective on global nuclear issues. The Institute has been at the forefront of shaping the debate on key nuclear issues in India and in the world at large. The Centre for Nuclear and Arms Control is dedicated to advance research on strategic nuclear issues. It is engaged in projects that seek to provide answers to relevant policy questions relating to global nuclear disarmament, non-proliferation and anti-proliferation, nuclear energy, global nuclear governance, regional nuclear dynamics, Arms Trade Treaty, the Chemical and Biological Weapons Conventions, among others. Through its outreach activities, the Centre has disseminated its research output in the strategic studies and policy communities.

India-France Nuclear and High Technology Partnership

Instead of quibbling over non-issues like civil nuclear damage liability bill, France should make a determined effort to embrace and support India.

Rajiv Nayan
December 10, 2010
IDSA Comments

IAEA and the Nuclear Fuel Bank: Signs of Spring in a Nuclear Winter

The proposed Nuclear Fuel Bank would provide fuel to only those states that are in compliance with their international commitments, especially obligations under the NPT.

Yogesh Joshi
December 07, 2010
IDSA Comments

North Korea – Construction of Nuclear Power Plant

In the latest game of one-upmanship, North Korea has up the ante by announcing to the world that there is no stopping its nuclear development programme.

India’s Accommodation in Multi-lateral Export Control Regimes

Obama’s announcement of support for India’s prospective membership in multi-lateral export control regimes is a natural corollary of US efforts over the past five years to fully accommodate India in the global non-proliferation regime.

S. Samuel C. Rajiv
November 10, 2010
IDSA Comments

Should India Sign the Convention on Supplementary Compensation?

This paper argues that the CSC does not confer any benefit to India and that it may in fact prove to be detrimental to Indian interests and why it should, therefore, not be signed.

G. Balachandran
October 27, 2010
Issue Brief

26/11 Redux in Europe: Strategic Imperatives

The current terrorist threat has reemphasised the importance of Europe, considered to be increasingly irrelevant in global security and strategic calculus.

Contest and Cooperation in the Arctic

Global warming-induced accessibility has drawn many actors to the Arctic zone, seeking to establish exclusive sovereign rights over its many natural endowments.

Kalyani Unkule
September 28, 2010
IDSA Comments

Poland and India: Bracing for a strategic partnership?

As the European political landscape is continuously changing and assertive voices from the CEEC are expected to be heard, India and Poland should seriously think about establishing a strategic partnership.

Alok Rashmi Mukhopadhyay , Sebastian Zukowski
September 27, 2010
IDSA Comments

Genetics and Immigration – The public debate about Muslims in Germany

Liberal democratic European countries are suddenly discovering their ‘national heritage’ and their ‘national culture’ because of the desire to maintain the majority position and the privileges that come with it.