Rajiv Nayan is Senior Research Associate at the Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi. Click here for detailed profile.
The announcement of the trilateral security partnership “AUKUS” by Australia, UK and US, has prompted discussions on several issues, however, the submarine part of the agreement, about leveraging expertise from US and UK and facilitating the Australian acquisition of the nuclear-powered submarines, is attracting a lot of attention.
Senior Research Associate, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr Rajiv Nayan’s views on the upcoming Quad Summit has been published by Hindi Daily ‘Dainik Bhaskar’ on September 15, 2021.
The Treaty on Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons has not succeeded in adding any additional universal stigma to nuclear weapons. It lacks the support base needed for replacing the Cold War vintage “Mutual Assured Destruction” with “Mutual Assured Abstinence”. The nuclear weapon countries’ faith in the deterrence logic remains intact.
Senior Research Associate, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr. Rajiv Nayan's article on India-Pakistan Ceasefire Agreement and Defence Preparedness has been published in Rashtriya Sahara (Hastkshep) on April 03, 2021.
Senior Research Associate, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr. Rajiv Nayan's co-authored research article 'Paradoxes of South Asian Security' has been published in the Scopus indexed Asian Journal of Peacebuilding, Volume 8 Number 2 (November 2020)
Senior Research Associate, MP-IDSA, Dr. Rajiv Nayan’s article ‘COVID-19 and the New World Order in Making?’ has been published in Defence and Security Alert on May 04, 2020.
The outbreak of the pandemic-COVID-19 has given an opportunity for many to predict the advent of a new world/global order. The people expressing their views come from all the ends of political and intellectual spectrums. As a result, a wide spectrum of opinion is reflected in the global media, especially its version, writes Dr. Nayan.
As the focus and priority of the international community in recent years have been on averting nuclear terrorism and nuclear accidents, the nuclear experience of synergising safety and security can be highly useful in combating threats like COVID-19.
Senior Research Associate, IDSA, Dr. Rajiv Nayan’s article, titled ‘Rebalancing Economic Inequality and Security’ has been published in the special issue (The Continuing Menace of 50 years) of Defence and Security Alert, in August 2019.
The Nuclear Submarine Deal of the New Troika
The announcement of the trilateral security partnership “AUKUS” by Australia, UK and US, has prompted discussions on several issues, however, the submarine part of the agreement, about leveraging expertise from US and UK and facilitating the Australian acquisition of the nuclear-powered submarines, is attracting a lot of attention.