A. Vinod Kumar
Impressions on China’s Second Missile Interceptor Test
The second Chinese BMD test has a message for India: propel the development of long-range (exo-atmospheric) interception capabilities to mitigate the possibility of further asymmetry on strategic forces.
Cinema and Strategic Culture
As India celebrates a century of its cinematic culture, there is a need to elevate its quality and role to complement India’s power profile and socio-cultural aspirations.
2011: A Strategic Survey
The year 2011 will stand out in history as the year of the Arab Spring, when people in Northern Africa and West Asia rose up against tyranny and revolted for political emancipation.
Uranium from Down Under: Can Madam Gillard Pull it off?
Prime Minister Gillard's decision to reverse the uranium export policy not just indicates a dramatic shift in Australia’s strategic outlook, but also could endow a decisive fillip to its crisis-hit uranium industry.
Offensive Defence: Managing deterrence and arms race in a ballistic missile defence environment
Chair: Lt. Gen. Satish Nambiar
Discussant: Admiral Raja Menon and Sheelkant Sharma
A Doctrine at Work: Obama's Evolving Nuclear Policy and What it Bodes for India
President Obama made history by coming to office with the promise of working towards a nuclear weapons-free world.
The New START, its positives, and the imponderables
The durability of the New START will depend largely on how both sides value it as a means towards disarmament rather than for strategic competition.
What will Obama have for India?
Though expectations are high, it is unlikely that Obama’s India visit would provide a fillip to the strategic partnership which has lost its sheen or reinvigorate the relationship.
Promises, Compromises and a Tie-Breaker: NPT RevCon 2010 was an Otiose Event
The RevCon, after abundant manoeuvring and political one-upmanship, finalised quite ‘consensually’ a much diluted and defeatist document that promises to ensure that disarmament remains a dream.
