23 Years of Nonuse
Does the Nuclear Taboo Constrain India and Pakistan? The nuclear taboo, a normative inhibition against nuclear first use, is weak in Pakistan and risks being undermined in India BY Nina Tannenwald…
Alex Wellerstein pulls back the curtain on nuclear secrecy
By Susan D’Agostino | April 26, 2021 Historian Alex Wellerstein has thought about nuclear secrecy for a long time. He began writing his book, Restricted Data: The History of Nuclear Secrecy in the…
The Book That Stopped an Outbreak of Nuclear War
BY Andre Pagliarini /April 16, 2021 A new history of the Cuban missile crisis emphasizes how close the world came to destruction—and how severe a threat the weapons still pose. It…
The Challenge of a Two-Front War: India’s China-Pakistan Dilemma
Despite statements to the contrary, India’s military remains resource-constrained, overstretched, and vulnerable to a two-front threat from China and Pakistan. BY Sushant SinghApril 19, 2021 Summary Concerns over a two-front military…
US and Russia extend nuclear arms control treaty to 2026
Both Washington and Moscow cast the extension as a victory, saying it would provide stability and transparency. The United States and Russia have finalised an agreement to extend until 2026…