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In-house Seminar: Uncertainty is the Only Certainty: Geopolitical Tussles across Taiwan Strait and South China Sea under Trump 2.0
Event May 18, 2026

In-house Seminar: Uncertainty is the Only Certainty: Geopolitical Tussles across Taiwan Strait and South China Sea under Trump 2.0

This seminar evaluates shifting risk profiles in the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea during a renewed Trump era in Washington. The dis...
In-house Seminar: Arms Race, Aerospace, and Alliances: Signalling Rebirth of a 21st Century Cold War?
Event May 18, 2026

In-house Seminar: Arms Race, Aerospace, and Alliances: Signalling Rebirth of a 21st Century Cold War?

This seminar examines whether contemporary competition in advanced weapons, outer space, and military alliances constitutes a rebirth of Col...
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Article Oct 01, 2025

WITHER NUCLEAR DETERRENCE? A MINIMUM POSTURE IN SOUTH ASIA

India and Pakistan, despite being nuclear weapon states, have frequently engaged in conventional military conflicts. Given the regional...
COMPLEX DETERRENCE IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY: BANGLADESH ARMED FORCES PERSPECTI
Article Oct 15, 2020

COMPLEX DETERRENCE IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY: BANGLADESH ARMED FORCES PERSPECTI

This article provides a perspective from the Bangladesh Armed Forces on the concept of "complex deterrence" in the 21st century. It argues t...
BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENCE SYSTEM AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR STRATEGIC STABILITY IN SOUTH ASIA: A CASE STUDY OF INDIA
Article Jul 15, 2016

BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENCE SYSTEM AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR STRATEGIC STABILITY IN SOUTH ASIA: A CASE STUDY OF INDIA

The abstract introduces ballistic missile defense (BMD) as both a technological innovation and strategic disruptor. Focusing on India’s prog...
CRISIS IN GEORGIA: UNDERSTANDING ITS NATURE AND IMPLICATIONS
Article Oct 15, 2008

CRISIS IN GEORGIA: UNDERSTANDING ITS NATURE AND IMPLICATIONS

This article dissects the 2008 Georgia–Russia war to clarify its strategic drivers and the wider implications for European security and smal...
PAKISTANI MISSILES: EXPLAINING PROCUREMENT AND STRATEGIC IMPLICATIONS
Article Jan 15, 2007

PAKISTANI MISSILES: EXPLAINING PROCUREMENT AND STRATEGIC IMPLICATIONS

This article provides a detailed analysis of Pakistan's ballistic missile program, explaining its procurement strategies and assessing its s...
BETWEEN OFFENCE AND DEFENSE: ANALYZING PAKISTAN’S NUCLEAR DOCTRINE
Article Apr 15, 2006

BETWEEN OFFENCE AND DEFENSE: ANALYZING PAKISTAN’S NUCLEAR DOCTRINE

This article provides a detailed analysis of Pakistan's nuclear doctrine, characterizing it as a complex posture that exists "between offenc...
NUCLEAR DOCTRINES OF INDIA AND PAKISTAN: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS
Article Jan 15, 2004

NUCLEAR DOCTRINES OF INDIA AND PAKISTAN: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS

This article provides a comparative analysis of the nuclear doctrines of India and Pakistan, as they had been articulated following their 19...
PROBLEMS OF STRATEGIC STABILITY IN INDIA-PAKISTAN NUCLEAR ARMS RACE : RELEVANCE OF WESTERN THEORIES
Article Oct 15, 2002

PROBLEMS OF STRATEGIC STABILITY IN INDIA-PAKISTAN NUCLEAR ARMS RACE : RELEVANCE OF WESTERN THEORIES

This article examines the complex problems of strategic stability in the context of the India-Pakistan nuclear arms race, with a particular...
INTERFACING TRADITIONAL AND NON-TRADITIONAL SECURITY IN SOUTH ASIA
Article Oct 15, 2001

INTERFACING TRADITIONAL AND NON-TRADITIONAL SECURITY IN SOUTH ASIA

This article argues that South Asia’s security agenda must integrate traditional state-centric concerns—deterrence, borders, conventional fo...
PROLIFERATION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS: THE CONCEPTUAL DEBATE
Article Jul 15, 2001

PROLIFERATION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS: THE CONCEPTUAL DEBATE

This article delves into the central conceptual debate in international security studies regarding the proliferation of nuclear weapons. It...
INDO-PAKISTAN SECURITY RELATIONSHIP AND THE KARGIL CRISIS
Article Jul 15, 1999

INDO-PAKISTAN SECURITY RELATIONSHIP AND THE KARGIL CRISIS

This article analyzes the Indo-Pakistani security relationship in the immediate aftermath of the 1999 Kargil crisis. It examines the causes,...
POKHRAN II: RESPONSE OF US, RUSSIA, CHINA AND PAKISTAN
Article Jan 15, 1999

POKHRAN II: RESPONSE OF US, RUSSIA, CHINA AND PAKISTAN

This article analyzes the immediate and medium-term responses of the United States, Russia, China and Pakistan to India’s Pokhran II nuclear...
BOOK REVIEW: P. R. Chari, Pervaiz Iqbal Cheema and Iftekharuzzaman (eds.), Nuclear Non-Proliferation in India and Pakistan: South Asian Perspectives (New Delhi: Manohar, RCSS, 1996), 236 pages.
Article Oct 15, 1996

BOOK REVIEW: P. R. Chari, Pervaiz Iqbal Cheema and Iftekharuzzaman (eds.), Nuclear Non-Proliferation in India and Pakistan: South Asian Perspectives (New Delhi: Manohar, RCSS, 1996), 236 pages.

This review assesses a timely edited collection that interrogates South Asia’s nuclear choices through strategic, legal and political lenses...
PROBLEMS OF EAST ASIAN SECURITY IN THE POST-COLD WAR ERA
Article Oct 15, 1993

PROBLEMS OF EAST ASIAN SECURITY IN THE POST-COLD WAR ERA

Assessing East Asian security after the Cold War, this article explains why power shifts and unsettled territorial claims generated new unce...
EMERGING STRATEGIC TRENDS IN SOUTH ASIA
Article Jul 15, 1992

EMERGING STRATEGIC TRENDS IN SOUTH ASIA

Surveying the strategic landscape of South Asia in the early post–Cold War period, this article analyzes nuclear developments, conventional...
THE NATURE AND OUTCOME OF STATES' RESPONSE TO INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM
Article Apr 15, 1991

THE NATURE AND OUTCOME OF STATES' RESPONSE TO INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM

This article offers a comparative framework for analyzing how states respond to transnational terrorism. It distinguishes preventive intelli...