Niranjan Chandrashekhar Oak

India needs to accelerate the development of emerging technologies and integrate them with the weapon systems deployed on the ground in the light of the Chinese challenge.

• Published: January 20, 2025
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• CBW Magazine

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s September 2024 visit to Brunei reaffirms that the Sultanate is an essential part of India’s Act East Policy.

• Published: September 25, 2024
• Issue Brief

The qualitative and quantitative advances in the Chinese nuclear arsenal are creating a huge gap between Indian and Chinese nuclear numbers.

• Published: September 13, 2024
• Issue Brief

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.

• Published: April 18, 2024
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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.

• Published: January 23, 2024
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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.

• Published: 31 October, 2023

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.

• Published: 13 September, 2023

Russia’s decision to suspend participation in the New START complicates efforts to revive arms control negotiations.

• Published: March 02, 2023
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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.

• Published: February 22, 2023
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