Mr. Niranjan Chandrashekhar Oak is a Research Analyst at Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (MP-IDSA), New Delhi. His broad area of interest includes nuclear and security issues of the Indo-Pacific region. His area of focus will be China-Southeast Asia nuclear and emerging technology interactions. He has published for various think-tanks, news websites, and academic journals including peer-reviewed journals.
Mr. Oak holds an M.Phil degree from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. In his M.Phil dissertation, he has studied various security orders in the Indo-Pacific region. Previously he has worked with Maritime History Society, Mumbai, and Centre for Land Warfare Studies, New Delhi. He is an alumnus of Mumbai University.
The Russia–Ukraine war has not only exacerbated already broken relations between the US and Russia but has emerged as a major hindrance to the conduct of the arms control talks.
With the last surviving arms control treaty, the 2010 New START, under suspension with no sign of a successor treaty, the post-Cold War nuclear order is under stress.
Research Analyst, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Mr Niranjan C. Oak’s chapter ‘India’s Evolving Policy Towards the Quad: Implication for Security’ has been published in the book Grace Glory and Gaffe: India’s Defence and Security @75, edited by Uttara Sahasrbddhe and Akshay Ranade.
Research Analyst, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Mr Niranjan Oak’s chapter titled ‘India's Evolving Policy towards the Quad" has been published in the book ‘Grace, Glory and Gaffe: India's Defence and Security@75’, edited by Dr Uttara Sahasrabuddhe and Mr Akshay Ranade.
The book is published by the Forum for Integrated National Security (FINS) and Kabdwal Book International.
The US–China balloon row shows that the significance of methods like balloon surveillance has not reduced in the era of high-tech satellites and drones.
If the US and Russia fail to negotiate a successor agreement to New START, there is the possibility of an unrestricted arms race with detrimental implications.