South Asian ‘Zombie’: The futility of reviving SAARC Given the structural fragility of SAARC and its inability to promote South Asian regional integration, an attempt to reboot the organisation would be futile. Rajeesh Kumar | May 01, 2018 | Issue Brief
Indian Nuclear Policy—1964–98 (A Personal Recollection) This is a personal recollection of the author on the evolution of the Indian nuclear policy and developments leading to the Shakti tests. Since it draws solely upon the author’s... K. Subrahmanyam | May 2018 | Strategic Analysis
Nuclear Arms Race in South Asia? – An Analysis Ever since India and Pakistan conducted their nuclear tests in 1998, it has been the favourite pastime of many analysts writing on nuclear issues to cast the strategic stability in... G. Balachandran | May 2018 | Strategic Analysis
India’s Deterrence and Disarmament: The Impact of Pokhran-II After the nuclear weapons tests of May 11, 1998, Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee made a matter-of-fact statement: “I have an announcement to make: today at 3:45 p.m., India conducted... Jayant Prasad | May 2018 | Strategic Analysis
US–Soviet/Russian Dialogue on the Nuclear Weapons Programme of India The history of the US–Soviet and US–Russian dialogues on the nuclear weapons programme of India can be divided into two major periods: First, from Pokhran I up to the end... Petr V. Topychkanov | May 2018 | Strategic Analysis
Nuclear Armed for Uncertain Times India can look back with more than a fair measure of satisfaction on the past two decades since its nuclear weapon tests of May 1998. Those tests signalled a strategic... Sheel Kant Sharma | May 2018 | Strategic Analysis
Nuclear India and the Global Nuclear Order The 1998 nuclear tests conducted by India heralded yet another nuclear age. The instant response of a section of the international community was highly pessimistic. It foresaw regional instability, collapse... Rajiv Nayan | May 2018 | Strategic Analysis
Post-Pokhran II: Emerging Global Nuclear Order and India’s Nuclear Challenge Post-Pokhran II the global nuclear environment has changed both in terms of developing niche technologies as also the nuclear strategies. Apart from the traditional challenges, there are new threats emerging... Roshan Khanijo | May 2018 | Strategic Analysis
Military Dimensions of a Multipolar World: Implications for Global Governance For a decade after the Cold War it seemed that multilateral governance might take root under US leadership, including a reinvigorated United Nations and a strengthened international legal framework. The... Ian Anthony | May 2018 | Strategic Analysis
Pokhran 20 Years After: Did the World Change? Was the 1998 Pokhran test a historical watershed as many contemporary observers believed? This article looks at its impact on the nuclear non-proliferation regime, regional security, India’s position in global... Harald Muller | May 2018 | Strategic Analysis
