Nuclear Strategy
Are we already playing Russian nuclear roulette?
Russia started seeking a bigger role in the XXI-th century world order soon after Vladimir Putin came to power. His 2007 Munchen speech surprised...
Decoding China’s Nuclear Threat
A recent report from a study group organised by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has highlighted concerns over China’s alleged nuclear buildup. The report...
Putin’s Crimes Against Peace in Ukraine: “Friction”-Based Risks of Nuclear Conflict
Abstract: Until the end of 2022, Vladimir Putin issued a series of explicit nuclear threats against the United States. Such threats, once easily dismissed...
Why India’s No First Use Policy must remain
The policy of No First Use (NFU) of nuclear weapons has for long remained central to India's nuclear doctrine. India adopted the NFU policy...
The resurgence of Conventional Threats and the Future of the New START Treaty
Russia declined to conduct a technical meeting with the US on the New START Treaty. According to the US, Russia unilaterally withdrew from the...
Getting North Korea Wrong
Recently, North Korea declared a first use nuclear policy, reserving the right to use its nuclear weapons preemptively “in case the command and control...
US national policy regarding the nuclear threat in the Russo-Ukrainian war
The Russian invasion of Ukraine raises two areas of interest for the US – the fight between democracy and authoritarianism and the nuclear threat...
Crumbling CBM Frameworks and the Risk of Inadvertent Escalation
In 1962, the world witnessed the most precarious event in ages. The USA and USSR were engaged in a perilous standoff over the deployment...
“Perceptions Of Credibility”: Existential Hazards Of Russian Nuclear Doctrine
Abstract: In his escalating war of aggression and genocide against Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin has been recycling provocative elements of Soviet-era nuclear doctrine....
Deterrence, Intimidation, and Propaganda under the Framework of Nuclear Equilibrium
"Nuclear equilibrium" is a term referring to a relatively steady state of global nuclear forces. It is also a great and terrifyingly comprehensive framework...