Peace and Disarmament

The current nuclear stand off between India and Pakistan is embedded in a much larger matrix of global relations. Capturing this complexity is not an easy task and this is what Praful Bidwai and Achin … Read more

AFTER much supposedly nail-biting tension “going down to the wire”, the nuclear deal between India and the US was finally clinched during the visit of president George W Bush to India. During the build-up to … Read more

THE war on Iraq by the US and less than a handful of allies, chiefly Britain, would probably have commenced by the time this goes to press. With George Bush’s infamous 48-hour deadline almost coming … Read more

WHEN UN chief weapons inspector in Iraq, Hans Blix, returned from the first round of inspections in late January and reported that, based on these inspections and despite various problems that remained regarding weapons of … Read more

IN the CCS’ statement, two new elements have been introduced into the No First Use posture. Firstly, in the original DND retaliation would have been in response to “any nuclear attack on India and its … Read more

TWO concurrent pronouncements made on January 4, 2003 – one, a major policy decision by the Government of India’s Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) and the other, a pious wish expressed by the president of … Read more

RECENT revelations by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of gross irregularities in defence procurement related to the Kargil conflict have raised a storm both inside and outside parliament. After the Tehelka exposé, the BJP-led … Read more

THE campaign realities discussed in the first part of the article have strategic implications in the region around Afghanistan which are likely to further unfold in the coming weeks. Since the direct use of naval … Read more

THE war on terrorism declared and launched by the US is taking shape and gathering momentum. Events are unfolding and a pattern beginning to form, if somewhat slower than may have been expected given the … Read more

THE terrorist attacks in the USA on Tuesday September 11, 2001 will go down in history as arguably the most horrendous and audacious act of terror to date. The co-ordinated attacks targeted the heart of … Read more

The Russian nuclear-powered submarine Kursk, one of its newest submarines considered highly reliable, went down in the Barents Sea off the Russiaport of Murmansk on August 12 last week, and yesterday all hopes of any … Read more

THERE was much expectation and discussion surrounding the July 8 test by the US of its anti-missile system which is to form the basis of the proposed National Missile Defence (NMD) system of the USA. … Read more