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A Foiled Ricin Plot and India’s WMD Thresholds
Nov 19, 2025

A Foiled Ricin Plot and India’s WMD Thresholds

A foiled ricin attack raises fundamental questions about where India situates biological threats within its wider counter-terrorism and nuclear-deterr

The Fallacy of Low-Yield Nuclear Weapons: A South Asian Spotlight
Sep 18, 2025

The Fallacy of Low-Yield Nuclear Weapons: A South Asian Spotlight

Pakistan’s pursuit of low-yield nuclear weapons lowers the nuclear threshold, destabilises South Asia, and undermines global norms on nuclear restra

Against Assured Destruction: The Imperative for Indian Ballistic Missile Defence
Jul 15, 2025

Against Assured Destruction: The Imperative for Indian Ballistic Missile Defence

India’s pursuit of BMD is no longer optional—it is a strategic imperative to counterbalance China’s growing nuclear shield and evolving war doct

Strategic stability in Southern Asia and the role of non-strategic nuclear weapons
Oct 21, 2024

Strategic stability in Southern Asia and the role of non-strategic nuclear weapons

The global consensus is shifting towards the perspective that, in extremely adverse situations, the use of NSNWs is justified. Should India reevaluate

जागतिक स्तरावरची वाढती अण्वस्त्रे शस्त्रास्त्रे आणि धोरणात्मक स्थिरतेची मागणी
Jun 28, 2024

जागतिक स्तरावरची वाढती अण्वस्त्रे शस्त्रास्त्रे आणि धोरणात्मक स्थिरतेची मागणी

स्टॉकहोम इंटरनॅशनल पीस रिसर्च इन्स्टिट्यूट (SIPRI) चा अलीकड�

Rising global nuclear arsenals and the call for strategic stability
Jun 21, 2024

Rising global nuclear arsenals and the call for strategic stability

The latest SIPRI report indicates the concerning trend of modernisation and growth of arsenals across the globe.

Advances in Chinese missile defence and hypersonic capabilities
Jun 19, 2023

Advances in Chinese missile defence and hypersonic capabilities

In light of the advances in Chinese defence capabilities, India must prioritise the development of the second phase of India’s BMD capability as wel

The strategic logic of the No First Use nuclear doctrine
Aug 30, 2019

The strategic logic of the No First Use nuclear doctrine

India’s No First Use policy was a result of the lessons that India’s key strategic thinkers learned in the long decades they spent thinking about

India’s nuclear dilemma
Sep 28, 2018

India’s nuclear dilemma

India’s challenge in asserting its stance on global nuclear disarmament requires a precise articulation of its goals and plans.

India and Counterforce: A Question of Evidence
May 14, 2020

India and Counterforce: A Question of Evidence

Even as India has had a long-running debate about many aspects of its nuclear doctrine, most importantly, its No First Use (NFU) policy, the country continues to maintain the NFU. This paper makes a critical assessment of recent arguments made by Christopher Clary and Vipin Narang that India may be reconsidering its NFU policy because of counterforce “temptations”. The paper dissects the evidence they present—statements made by mostly retir