Beenish Altaf

India is a big aspirant for inclusion in the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) for legalising its nuclear related trade with rest of the world. For this purpose the international community is continually portraying India’s nuclear track record as an A grade thing that is on the beam. This could be to achieve their (big powers) […]

In the wake of its gradual contravention by India’s Defence Minister, Manohar Parrikar, the No-First-Use policy of the India nuclear doctrine remains uncertain. Parrikar recently expressed personal doubts, “Why should I bind myself? I should say I am a responsible nuclear power and I will not use it irresponsibly.” His statement set forth a hot […]

In the wake of its gradual contravention by India’s Defence Minister, Manohar Parrikar, the No-First-Use policy of the India nuclear doctrine remains uncertain. Parrikar recently expressed personal doubts, “Why should I bind myself? I should say I am a responsible nuclear power and I will not use it irresponsibly.” His statement set forth a hot […]

North Korea is continually building up its nuclear and missile programme that is causing apprehensions worldwide. Its latest nuclear test triggered the fear of nuclear terror among the US and other relevant states. The test counted as the fifth and the largest one to have been detonated is estimated at 10 kilotons. It is also […]

Pakistan is one of the few states worldwide to possess nuclear weapons, and it aspires to be a member of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), an association of 48 nations that oversees the international trade of atomic and atomic-related materials and technologies with a shared commitment to global nonproliferation. Even though Pakistan is not a […]

The World Nuclear Performance Report 2016 by the World Nuclear Association (WNA) provides an up-to-date picture of the civil nuclear power sector, and the way it is performing across several key metrics. The 2016 report forms the first in a series that will be updated annually, and will track progress towards the Harmony targets. The […]

1998 observed the overt nuclearisation of South Asia when both arch-rivals, Pakistan and India, detonated their nuclear devices. 1998 is celebrated as the advent of second nuclear age, whereas the first being the Cold War that ended in 1991. Consequently, the peril of horizontal proliferation in South Asia embodied another nuclear arms race after the […]

Finally, the West is cracking down some authenticable integer with regards to the Indian nuclear security, especially India’s potential of becoming a hefty fissile material proliferator of the South Asian region. Besides the Indo-US strategic partnership aiming at mutual outcomes, there are several reports in the print and social media by US think tanks and […]

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the UN nuclear watchdog said a week ago that more than 100 countries will have to meet higher standards on the protection of nuclear facilities and materials from now onwards. For doing so, of course, the countries would have to coerce themselves with certain sets of obligations that could be […]

Discussing Full Spectrum Deterrence (FSD) needs conceptual understanding. Conceptually, Pakistan’s treatment of FSD has been different from what others perceive. Dr Zafar Iqbal Cheema, the president/executive director of the Strategic Vision Institute (SVI) maintains that Pakistan’s National Command Authority (NCA) is clear that full spectrum deterrence, in its qualitative term, exists to plug the gaps […]