Rajiv Nayan

Pakistan’s Nuclear Ploy

Pakistan no longer gains a substantial strategic advantage from its nuclear posturing, even as it continues to view the display of a nuclear threat as a strategic tool in conflict scenarios.

Rajiv Nayan |
August 27, 2025 |
IDSA Comments

Shakti 25 Years on India’s Nuclear Progression

Publisher: Pentagon Press

The May 1998 Shakti-series tests marked India`s emergence as a nuclear weapons state. These tests faced initial global resistance, but over time, this opposition gave way to understanding and reconciliation. India actively engaged with the international community to explain the security rationale behind its nuclear weaponization. The existing nuclear world order, anchored in the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, did not adequately address India’s security concerns. To reinforce its commitment to responsible nuclear behaviour, India undertook measures to demonstrate restraint and reliability. This book examines India’s nuclear journey over 25 years. It explores the evolution of India’s nuclear policy, dispelling myths surrounding its nuclear weapons programmme and highlighting the diplomatic efforts that led to its gradual integration into the global nuclear order. Over time, the international non-proliferation regime has developed a constructive relationship with India, recognizing its nuclear force as a security necessity rather than a tool for power projection or intimidation. The book also delves into India’s nuclear doctrine, its confidence-building measures—both self-initiated and those proposed by global civil society—and its participation in global nuclear governance. Despite its nuclear weapons programme, India has remained committed to the peaceful applications of nuclear science and technology, emerging as a key player in global nuclear research and development. While nuclear disarmament remains a distant goal, it continues to be a fundamental aspiration for nuclear India.

ISBN: 9788198285706 ,
Price: ₹ 1995/-
E-copy available

Rajiv Nayan |
2025 |
Book

The India–France Nuclear Partnership in Focus

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to France has given fresh momentum to the nuclear energy partnership between India and France.

Rajiv Nayan |
February 21, 2025 |
IDSA Comments

The Future of the Bangladesh Nuclear Programme

The corruption allegations relating to the nuclear power plants being constructed with Russian assistance could significantly impact the pace of development.

Rajiv Nayan |
January 09, 2025 |
IDSA Comments

United States Sanctions on Pakistan

The imposition of sanctions on entities involved in clandestinely procuring strategic technologies highlight that the widely proclaimed dismantlement of the proliferation network involving Pakistan and China was either overstated or an oversight.

Rajiv Nayan |
January 02, 2025 |
IDSA Comments

Role of Defence Public Sector Undertakings in Atmanirbharta

Rajiv Nayan |
October–December 2024 |
Journal of Defence Studies

Rajiv Nayan Delivers a Talk on National Security at the Indian Institute of Public Administration

Senior Research Associate, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr Rajiv Nayan delivered a talk on National Security for the programme for Provincial Civil Services (Group-B) Officers, conducted by the Indian Institute of Public Administration on 19 December 2023.

The Chemical Disarmament and the United States

Rajiv Nayan |
January-June 2023 |
CBW Magazine

Nuclear India@25

Senior Research Associate, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr Rajiv Nayan’s article ‘Nuclear India@25’ has been published in October 2023 issue of Defence and Security Alert.

India has adopted the policy or doctrine of no first use and no use against non-nuclear weapons countries, and more significantly, its policy/doctrine is nuclear deterrence, not nuclear warfighting, says Dr Nayan.

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