Tag: India
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Post-1998 Nuclearisation: A New Paradigm for Peace-building Between India and Pakistan
Since 1998, when India and Pakistan were nuclearised, South Asian security dynamics have taken to a new dimension quite unprecedented in history. This paper is, therefore, intended to set the stage for what it means in terms of peace-building between the two; I argue that nuclear weapons now changed the very basic rules of the…
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India’s Nuclear Doctrine: Strategy of Deterrence and No First Use
India’s nuclear doctrine is derived from a concept of deterrence and No First Use (NFU), so that any nuclear war is avoided by having credible minimum deterrence. The NFU doctrine, announced in 1999, only states India’s firm commitment to the exercise of restraint and responsibility in the use of nuclear weapons, which are meant purely…
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Rebalancing of Power: Setting the Stage for India’s Centrality in the Indo-Pacific Theatre
The emergence of new powerful countries has significantly changed the view about the erstwhile power equations in the world. The new global order neither shows the sign of bipolarity nor indicates the sustainability of the hegemonic powers shortly. The bloc division between the West (the US and countries of the Western Europe) and the East,…
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India’s Role in Afghanistan Post-Taliban Takeover: Assessing Strategic Interests, Challenges and Opportunities
Afghanistan has been a land of graveyards of empires since colonial times. Britishers, Soviets, Americans, Pakistanis, Taliban, and some titbits in the timeline of civilian governments have had their chance of trying to tame the untameable. But the continuous change in the governing bodies, having different geopolitical interests has cut off the country from its…
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How India’s G20 Presidency Projected the Nation as the Voice of the Global South?
This paper portrays how India has emerged as the voice of the global south. It is a comprehensive analysis of India’s journey to becoming the voice of the unheard, how India is a friend in times of need, and how it puts concerns of the ignored nations on the international table of the so-called elite…