Creating an alternative chain of command is not enough to survive an initial nuclear strike and retaliate. The political command must be protected so it can effectively manage the situation.
Given India’s ambitious targets to expand its nuclear capacity, it should sign US-led declaration at COP28 to have a voice and advocate for its interests.
The crossing comes amid tensions on the Korean peninsula, with the arrival of a US nuclear-armed ballistic missile submarine in South Korea for a rare visit in a warning to North Korea.
The head of the UN's nuclear watchdog said that fighting close to Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia NPP had caused some damage to the facility and called for an immediate inspection.
In this edition of ThePrint OffTheCuff, Ashley J. Tellis, Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, talks to ThePrint Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta...
While Russia continues to threaten NATO with its nuclear prowess, India must refrain from doing the same—Chinese aggressors might not know the meaning of restraint.
The government has to change its view of nuclear weapons as mere symbols of power and see them as affording India a dynamic military means against China.
Biden administration is keen to deprioritise Middle East in US foreign policy, but escalating Iran-Israel confrontation will demand more US attention, not less.
So far what we have seen of the 2024 elections is enough to indicate that the continuous slide of democratic standards is headed toward breaching the minimum threshold of an electoral democracy.
While releasing 'India Employment Report 2024', V Anantha Nageswaran said govt can't solve 'all social, economic challenges'. Congress leader Kharge says CEA protecting 'dear leader'.
In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.
The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.
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