A. Vinod Kumar
Kerala’s Emergence as a Terror Hub: Repeated Warnings Ignored
In August 2006, IDSA published a web commentary titled “Is Kerala emerging as India’s new terror hub?” The events of the past few months, especially the shocking revelation of militants from
India's Role in Global Anti-Proliferation: Challenges and Opportunities
Being a non-NPT state with advanced nuclear capability, India's contributions to the non-proliferation movement have often been scrutinized.
The Proliferation Security Initiative: Five years later, losing its sheen?
On May 27, 2008, participants from 91 countries assembled in Washington to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) – a controversial counterproliferation initi
India's Participation in the Proliferation Security Initiative: A Structural Analysis
Discussants: A. Sudhakar Reddy, V.G. Hegde & V. Sakhuja
A Phased Approach to India's Missile Defense Planning
India's missile defence explorations had long been hindered by its limited access to advanced interception technologies and slow pace of indigenization.
Satellite Interception: US BMD Survives the Acid Test
Rarely would a defence R&D agency get an actual operational scenario to test the capability of a military system before attaining total technological maturity. The much-maligned U.S.
BMD's Slow Progress Towards Technological Maturity
"We fired an operationally configured interceptor out of a silo at Vandenberg Air Force base, and it flew out, and was successful in intercepting the target." - Lt. Gen. Henry Obering
Time to Cross the Adam's Bridge Again
A recent survey by a Colombo-based agency on the peace process revealed that a majority of Sri Lankans prefers India as a peace facilitator rather than the Norwegians.
Counterproliferation: India's New Imperatives and Options
Despite its excellent record in the field of non-proliferation of technologies, know-how and equipment related to weapons of mass destruction (WMD) to other states, India has been essentially a passiv
