Kartik Bommakanti

Kartik Bommakanti is a Senior Fellow with the Strategic Studies Programme. Kartik specialises in space military issues and his research is primarily centred on the Indo-Pacific region. He also works on emerging technologies as well as nuclear, conventional and sub-conventional coercion, particularly in the context of the Indian subcontinent and the role of great powers in the subcontinent’s strategic dynamics. He has published in peer reviewed journals.

Kartik Bommakanti, “Satellite Integration and Multiple Independently RetargetableReentry Vehicles Technology: Indian–United States Civilian Space Cooperation,” Astropolitics, Vol. 7, Issue 1, 2009, pp. 7-31.

Kartik Bommakanti, “Coercion and Control: Explaining India's Victory at Kargil,” India Review, Vol. 10, Issue 3, 2011, pp. 293-328.

Kartik Bommakanti, “The Use of Force—Stability and Instability: India, Pakistan, and China,” India Review, Vol. 11, Issue 3, 2012, pp. 161-190.