S. Samuel C. Rajiv

Bargaining on Nuclear Tests: Washington and Its Cold War Deals by Or Rabinowitz

In Bargaining on Nuclear Tests, Rabinowitz examines aspects relating to the US entering into informal deals with Israel, South Africa and Pakistan in order to prevent them from testing nuclear...

Yaalon’s Visit and the India-Israel Defence Relationship

The Modi’s government determination to adopt a muscular stance on national security and its commitment to expedite defence modernisation are likely to translate into greater political and defence engagement with...

S. Samuel C. Rajiv |
February 19, 2015 |
IDSA Comments

Strategy: Key Thinkers by Thomas M. Kane

Illuminated by the work of strategic classics, Thomas Kane shows that the link between military power and political goals has always been complex and continues to be so. This is...

‘Politicised Safeguards’: Iran–IAEA Contentions, Drivers and Policy Implications

This article examines Iranian contentions on three issue areas that exemplify the politicised nature of its interactions with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). These include access to military facilities,...

Eating Grass: The Making of the Pakistani Bomb, by Feroz Hassan Khan

Brigadier Feroz Hassan Khan (Retd) brings to bear the right credentialsto this six year effort under review. The career Pakistan Army officer andJohns Hopkins University graduate (1989–91), currently a faculty...

Iran Nuclear Deal: The Fine Print

The November 24, 2013 Joint Plan of Action between Iran and its P5+1 interlocutors is the first agreement since November 2004 that contains Iran’s acceptance of certain short-term limitations on...

Israel-Palestine Talks: Enablers and Prospects

Prospects of a solution will hinge on the ability of the two sides to moderate their maximalist positions and the ability of the Obama administration to play the role of...

S. Samuel C. Rajiv |
August 26, 2013 |
IDSA Comments

Iranian Nuclear Imbroglio: The Way Forward

After wining the elections, Hassan Rouhani has insisted that Iran is ‘ready to show more transparency’ over its nuclear programme, but has also affirmed that it has ‘inalienable rights’ to...

Syria and WMD: Deepening Uncertainty

Even as the uncertainty over the alleged use of chemical weapons use in Syria deepens, the cautious US response to the situation has been conditioned by the lack of viable...

S. Samuel C. Rajiv |
June 03, 2013 |
Issue Brief

Patriots in Turkey

The Patriot deployments signify Turkey’s attempt to secure itself and its allies against touted missile threats from the two countries with which it shares borders to the east – Syria...