The global nuclear order, made up of the international nuclear regime, bipolar nuclear hegemony, extended nuclear deterrence, and the nuclear taboo, is gradually unravelling.
While Japan is staunchly committed to maintaining its traditional opposition to nuclear weapons, rising shades of domestic opinion are challenging decades of consensus.
With increasing North Korean nuclear and missile threats, and Chinese nuclear force modernisation, the prospects of indigenous nuclear weapons acquisition by Japan and South Korea cannot be ruled out.
How will ballistic missile defences affect nuclear deterrence? This is a question as old as the nuclear revolution but has attained significance in the current security environment wherein nuclear-armed states...
The rapid increase in the nuclear forces of China, as revealed in the 2021 Pentagon Report, is a matter of serious concern. Several countries are undertaking exercises to ascertain the...
The deployment of the DF-41 ballistic missile in China shows that the nature of its nuclear posture is at a critical stage of evolution. On the one hand, the deployment...
