Reminisces of the 13th RCSS Summer Workshop

ISSSP Reflections No. 22, October 14, 2014 Author: Dr. Arun Vishwanathan http://isssp.in/reminisces-of-the-13th-rcss-summer-workshop/ The Regional Center for Strategic Studies (RCSS), Colombo launched the Summer Workshop Series in a bid to bring together young Indian, Pakistani and Chinese scholars in 1993. The Workshop was held...

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Commentary: Pakistan’s Nasr/Hatf-IX Missile: Challenges for Indo-Pak Deterrence

My article in the Strategic Analysis, Vol. 34(4), July 2014 pp. 444-448 on Pakistan’s Nasr/Hatf-IX Missile: Challenges for Indo-Pak Deterrence http://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/fR7pGKkY8tYPsW6KRZtW/full On November 5, 2013 Pakistan conducted its fourth test of the Hatf-IX (Nasr) short range battlefield ‘nuclear’ missile. To date there have been...

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Revamping India’s National Security Structure: An Agenda for the Indian Government

My report on Revamping India’s National Security Structure | An Agenda for the Indian Government, from the International Strategic and Security Studies Programme, NIAS, Bangalore, June 2014. http://isssp.in/revamping-indias-national-security-structure-agenda-for-the-indian-government/ To read the complete report in pdf click here The 2014 elections...

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Arihant propels India to elite club

I was quoted in Praveen Swami's article in The Hindu (June 4, 2014) http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/arihant-propels-india-to-elite-club-but-with-a-headache/article6079477.ece I was quoted in Praveen Swami’s article (June 4, 2014) in The Hindu titled “Arihant propels India to elite club.” Prime Minister Modi was briefed last week on the nuclear...

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India Pakistan Relations: Two Questions on the Way Forward – Part II

Second of my two-part article in the  Stimson Center's website, South Asian Voices, June 2, 2014 http://southasianvoices.org/india-pakistan-relations-two-questions-on-the-way-forward-part-ii/ Despite the agreement on the need for the two countries to engage with each other, there is a difficult question that remains unanswered. The...

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India Pakistan Relations: Two Questions on the Way Forward – Part I

My two-part article in the Stimson Center's website, South Asian Voices, May 29, 2014 http://southasianvoices.org/india-pakistan-relations-two-question-on-the-way-forward-part-i/ There has been a buzz surrounding India-Pakistan relations in recent weeks. The decision of the Narendra Modi government to invite all heads of governments of all...

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Troubling Tehran listed in Iran Review Website

My co-ed book (with Rajaram Nagappa) Troubling Tehran: Reflections on Geopolitics listed on the Iran Review Website.   The leading website studying Iranian developments (Iran Review) has listed ISSSP’s book Troubling Tehran: Reflections on Geopolitics. The book joins a select list of publications that the website has shortlisted based...

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Troubling Tehran - Book Review

Review of my co-edited book, Troubling Tehran: Reflections on Geopolitics in IDSA's Strategic Analysis Vol. 38, No. 4, May 2014, pp. 376-378 by Ms. Aditi Malhotra, Senior Research Fellow, National Institute of Advanced Studies The ever dynamic nuclear conundrum of Iran has continued to hog the limelight. Numerous suggestions emanating from varied...

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Iran and P5+1 Geneva Agreement: A Game Changer?

My article on the Iran P5+1 Joint plan of action and its wider ramifications in The Diplomatist, Vol. 3, Issue 3, March 2014. The interim agreement signed on November 24, 2013 at Geneva by Iran and the P5+1 and its subsequent operationalisation (January 20, 2014) highlights a remarkable shift the situation surrounding Iran has undergone...

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Verification and Nuclear Weapons Free World

Spoke at the IDSA, New Delhi on April 2, 2014 on "Verifying a Nuclear Weapons Free World" I spoke at the conference on the topic “Verifying a Nuclear Weapons Free World: Political and Technical Components.”    About the Conference The conference was organised by the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA) and the Indian...

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Nuclear Security Summit 2014: The Way Forward

Published in the Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, March 21, 2014 http://www.ipcs.org/article/india/nuclear-security-summit-2014-the-way-forward-4351.html The third edition of the Nuclear Security Summit (NSS) is being held at The Hague on 24-25 March 2014. Leaders and officials from fifty-four countries and three international organisations...

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Is there a debate about Nasr/Hatf-IX within Pakistan?

Published in Generation Why: South Asian Voices, Stimson Center, February 27, 2014 On November 5, 2013 Pakistan flight tested its short range battlefield missile Nasr/Hatf-IX. The test involved successive firing of four missiles (Salvo) from a multi-tube launcher. As compared to the first (April 19, 2011) flight test which was carried out from...

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