Associate Fellow, IDSA, Mr A Vinod Kumar’s article on nuclear threat in the Korean Peninsula, titled ‘Is the DPRK's nuclear march unstoppable?’ was published by the British American Security Information Council on November 7, 2017.

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Associate Fellow, IDSA, Mr A Vinod Kumar's chapter titled ‘The Expectant Global Nuclear Renaissance: Movers, Shakers and Spoilers’ was published in Springer Edited Volume titled ‘Resurgence of Nuclear Power: Challenges and Opportunities for Asia’, co-edited by Nandakumar Janardhanan, Girijesh Pant and Ravi B Grover.

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Associate Fellow, IDSA, Mr A Vinod Kumar’s opinion piece on the political environment after three years of the NDA government, titled ‘The Saffron Surge and Tilt towards Absolutism’, was published in ‘The Citizen’ on June 13, 2017.  

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Associate Fellow, IDSA, Mr A Vinod Kumar’s article on One Belt, One Road Summit, titled ‘Over 60 nations attend One Belt, One Road Summit: Is China ruling the world already?’ was published in ‘The Indian Economist’ on May 15 2017.

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Associate fellow, IDSA, Mr A Vinod Kumar’s article on India and nuclear non- proliferation, titled ‘Norm Entrepreneur, Catalyst or Challenger? India in the Nuclear Non-proliferation Narrative’ was published in the South Asian Survey, Vol. 21:1&2.

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The world order seems to be on the cusp of a major transformation. A potential power realignment seems to slowly shaping up with a hitherto unlikely combination (at least partly) of Russia, China and Pakistan, seeking to challenge the great power status quo, or pushing for greater bipolarity in global affairs.

Associate Fellow, IDSA, Mr Vinod Kumar's chapter titled ‘Between Idealism, Activism, and the Bomb: Why did India Reject the NPT?’ was published in the Routledge edited volume ‘Negotiating the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty: Origins of the Nuclear Order, edited by Popp Roland, Liviu Horovitz and Andreas Wenger. 

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