Mr Niranjan Chandrashekhar Oak is a Research Analyst at Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (MP-IDSA), New Delhi. Click here for detailed profile.
With the last surviving arms control treaty, the 2010 New START, under suspension with no sign of a successor treaty, the post-Cold War nuclear order is under stress.
Research Analyst, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Mr Niranjan C. Oak’s chapter ‘India’s Evolving Policy Towards the Quad: Implication for Security’ has been published in the book Grace Glory and Gaffe: India’s Defence and Security @75, edited by Uttara Sahasrbddhe and Akshay Ranade.
Research Analyst, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Mr Niranjan Oak’s chapter titled ‘India's Evolving Policy towards the Quad" has been published in the book ‘Grace, Glory and Gaffe: India's Defence and Security@75’, edited by Dr Uttara Sahasrabuddhe and Mr Akshay Ranade.
The book is published by the Forum for Integrated National Security (FINS) and Kabdwal Book International.
The US–China balloon row shows that the significance of methods like balloon surveillance has not reduced in the era of high-tech satellites and drones.
If the US and Russia fail to negotiate a successor agreement to New START, there is the possibility of an unrestricted arms race with detrimental implications.
Research Analyst, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Mr Niranjan Oak’s article ‘India-Australia Relations amid Chinese Shadow over Island Neighbourhood’ has been published in ‘Ytharth’, a bi-monthly magazine, Vol I/ Issue I/ April-May 2022.
While the US, Japan and Australia have taken an overtly critical stand towards Russia at the UN, India has abstained from all the UN resolutions condemning Russia. Will divergent views over the Ukrainian crisis weaken the Quad, is a pertinent question being examined in this issue brief.
The BrahMos deal with the Philippines marks a convergence between India’s Act East and Defence Export policies and adds to its profile as a reliable defence partner in the Indo-Pacific.
Showing readiness to sign the SEANWFZ treaty seems to be a low-cost, high-return proposition for Beijing. It could be a calculated symbolic gesture having no bearing on the region’s precarious security situation.
A Renewed Nuclear Arms Race?
With the last surviving arms control treaty, the 2010 New START, under suspension with no sign of a successor treaty, the post-Cold War nuclear order is under stress.