Jayita Sarkar

India's relationship with the nuclear non-proliferation regime deteriorated sharply after its 1974 underground nuclear test which, according to India, was a peaceful nuclear explosion, but which was not accepted as...

• Jayita Sarkar |
• May 2013 |
• Strategic Analysis

Although PNEs were surrounded by ambiguity of intent from the very onset, retroactive measures after May 1974 have ensured that an underground nuclear test could be ‘peaceful’ only when conducted...

• Jayita Sarkar |
• February 20, 2013 |
• IDSA Comments

Normative credibility bestows on the Indian and French quest for foreign policy independence the uniqueness not granted to any other bilateral nuclear relationship operating in opposition to the non-proliferation regime.

• Jayita Sarkar |
• October 10, 2012 |
• IDSA Comments

Science and the Baconian spirit of scientific rationality have long inspired Indians, many of whom, including the country's first prime minister, regarded the superiority of Western science as the root...

• Jayita Sarkar |
• January 2012 |
• Strategic Analysis

An anti-nuclear movement in India would remain largely a marginal movement with sporadic spurts depending on the issue at hand, the site in question and the political parties involved.

• Jayita Sarkar |
• July 28, 2011 |
• IDSA Comments