Terrorism and National Security Reform

Review of Jordan Tama's book Terrorism and National Security Reform: How Commissions can Drive Change during Crises published in the Journal of Conflict Transformation and Security (JCTS), Vol. 2, no. 2, October 2012, pp. 268-270. Issuu and PDF The oldest stunt in every politician’s playbook when one encounters a crisis is to create a commission....

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Iranian Nuclear Program: An Overview

This was a talk I gave at the Round Table "Iran: A War has Begun" organised by the International Strategic and Security Studies Programme, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Indian Institute of Science Campus (IISc), Bangalore The remaining talks, photos, program, bios are available at the following link http://nias.res.in/research-schools-isss-conf2012-iran.php...

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Confrontation, Dialogue and Radicalization

published in The Book Review, Vol XXXVI, No. 9, South Asia XX-1, September 2012, 18-19   Irfan Husain, Fatal Faultlines: Pakistan, Islam and the West Fatal Faultlines is a lucid account delving into many difficult questions which lie at the heart of interactions between Islam, the West and Pakistan. These range from historical confrontation...

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Syrian Chemical Weapons: The Danger Within

published by Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi as Issue Brief #45, September 2012, available at http://www.observerindia.com/cms/sites/orfonline/modules/issuebrief/attachments/ORF_Issue_brief_45_1347355536755.pdf Syrian CW Facilities (World Tribune website) The Syrian case is a unique one. A country with a WMD-armed capability has never...

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‘Chinese Checkers’ at the Nuclear Suppliers Group

published in the Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, New Delhi, No. 3695, August 7, 2012, available at http://www.ipcs.org/article/india/chinese-checkers-at-the-nuclear-suppliers-group-3697.html (Source:ExpressTribune, Pakistan) The Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) held its annual plenary session in Seattle on 21-22 June 2012. As in the...

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Syria’s CBWs: Clear and present danger

Published in Deccan Herald, Bangalore, Friday, August 3, 2012, pg. 10, available at http://www.deccanherald.com/content/268804/syrias-cbws-clear-present-danger.html (click here for pdf) The dangers will not melt away in a post-Assad scenario. In fact, they could get much worse. The 16-month-old civil war in Syria led by a motley of opposition groups...

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2011 Libyan Disclosures: 'Take-away' for CWC verification

published in CBW Magazine: Journal of Chemical and Biological Weapons, Vol. 5: 1, January-June 2012, Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi, pp-. 17-2    [PDF version] Introduction Chemical Weapons containers in Libya Libya and chemical weapons have a long history going back to the 1930s when the Italian dictator...

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Shifting Balance of Power

Emerging China: Prospects for Partnership in Asia, Eds. Sudhir T. Devare, Swaran Singh and Reena Marwah, New Delhi, Routledge, 2012, xxii+412, Rs.995. Tracking Security Paradigms, The Book Review, Vol XXXVI, No. 4, April 2012, pp. 14,15. The (re)emergence of China over the last couple of decades as an economic powerhouse with significant military...

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Tracking Security Paradigms

India's National Security Annual Review 2010 Ed. Satish Kumar Routledge , New Delhi, 2011.pp. xv+520, 995.00 Tracking Security Paradigms, The Book Review, South Asia Special Issue - XIX, Vol XXXVI, No. 3, March 2012, pp. 22,23. Initiated in 2001, the India's National Security Annual Review (INSAR) over the past decade has evolved into a useful...

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