Ch. Viyyanna Sastry

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...

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...

The Poor Prospects of the CTBT Entering Into Force

While Indonesia’s ratification has given a boost to the CTBT, the positions of the other hold-out countries do not show any promise of forward movement.

Ch. Viyyanna Sastry |
January 09, 2012 |
IDSA Comments

Australia’s Uranium Export to India and Pakistan’s Claim

Concerned about Pakistan’s nuclear and missile programmes, Australia has blocked the shipment of dual-use equipment to Pakistan on at least three occasions during the past two years.

Ch. Viyyanna Sastry |
December 14, 2011 |
IDSA Comments

The Genesis of South Asian Nuclear Deterrence: Pakistan’s Perspective by Naeem Salik Oxford University Press, Karachi, 2009, pp. 324, Rs. 495. ISBN 9780195477160

India–Pakistan Arms Race in Fissile Materials Production?

Ever since India and Pakistan conducted nuclear tests in 1998, Western media reports have constantly highlighted the dramatic increase in Pakistan's production of nuclear fissile materials and nuclear warheads. Reports...

Chashma Nuclear Power Plant – II Starts Operation

There is growing recognition among Pakistani experts that the reactor models being supplied by China to Pakistan are outdated and are based on 1970s technology.

Time for India to Export Nuclear Power Reactors and Peaceful Nuclear Technologies

Like in the space arena, India has the capability to offer its expertise to other countries in the field of nuclear power and non-nuclear applications.

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.

Obama’s Forthcoming Visit to India

President Obama should make his stance clear on the issues of nuclear cooperation between China and Pakistan and perhaps take up the issue with Hu Jintao when he visits Washington...