India’s Back to Back Missile Tests and the Contemporary Notions of Nuclear Deterrence Equilibrium in South Asia

India’s Back to Back Missile Tests and the Contemporary Notions of Nuclear Deterrence Equilibrium in South Asia 0
- Commentary
- October 17, 2020
By: Haris Bilal Malik 17 October 2020 The dynamics of nuclear deterrence in South Asia have been quite complex since the overt nuclearization of the region initiated by India. It had appeared as more of a strategic compulsion for Pakistan to maintain a credible nuclear deterrent posture to overcome the conventional and
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India’s Frustration amid a Two-Front Challenge 0
- Commentary
- September 17, 2020
By Haris Bilal Malik 17 September 2020 Since the last few decades, India is in pursuit of enhancing its global strategic outlook. This is intended at India’s long term aspiration of becoming a regional, and ultimately a global power. To achieve this goal, India has been trying to expand its military, economic and political
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Justifying Pakistan’s Air Based Nuclear Deterrent Posture vis-à-vis India’s Rafale Obsession 0
- Commentary
- August 29, 2020
By Haris Bilal Malik 29 August 2020 India aspires to create its hegemony and ultimately dominate the South Asian region. For this purpose, along with other counterforce capabilities, India has been pursuing an overwhelming increase in its air power. This is further aimed at achieving offensive strike capabilities, particularly against Pakistan. Driven mostly
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Vindication of Pakistan’s Diplomatic Discourse One Year since India’s August 2019 Revocation 0
- Commentary
- August 16, 2020
By: Haris Bilal Malik 16 August 2020 The prevalent security dynamics of the South Asian region are very much linked with the long-standing issue of Kashmir. August 2020 marks the completion of the first year of India’s August 2019 annexation of Kashmir through the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization Act of 2019. The act
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Impact of the Indian Missile Defence Shield on Deterrence Stability in South Asia 0
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- July 14, 2020
By: Haris Bilal Malik 14 July 2020 In recent years, India has carried out an offensive military modernization program aimed at enhancing its offensive military capabilities. Along with enhancing various conventional and unconventional capabilities, this has been complemented by India’s notion of an offensive and multilayered missile defence shield. India intends to materialize this
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Debating the Current Dynamics of Nuclear Deterrence Equilibrium and Strategic Stability in South Asia 0
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- June 14, 2020
By: Haris Bilal Malik 15 June 2020 The debate around the existence of nuclear deterrence equilibrium and its relevance vis-à-vis strategic stability in the South Asian region has been a dominant regional and global concern over the last few years. Several factors, such as conventional asymmetry, burgeoning arms race, and India’s gradual shift in its
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22 Years of Nuclearization of South Asia: Current Doctrinal Postures 2
- Commentary
- May 26, 2020
By: Haris Bilal Malik 26 May 2020 May 2020 marks the 22nd anniversary of the overt nuclearization of South Asia. The evolved nuclear doctrinal postures of both India and Pakistan have been a key component of their defence and security policies. During this period; India has undergone gradual shifts in its nuclear doctrinal posture. The
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Pakistan’s Befitting Response to India’s Offensive Naval Buildup 0
- Commentary
- May 9, 2020
By: Haris Bilal Malik 9 May 2020 Over the last few years, India has embarked on an extensive and all-encompassing naval modernization program. This has been carried out primarily because of India’s aspiration for becoming a ‘blue water’ navy aimed at dominating the Indian Ocean and beyond. In this regard, India has expanded both its
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Justifying the Need for Pakistan’s Enhanced Counter ForceConventional Deterrence 0
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- April 24, 2020
By: Haris Bilal Malik 24 April 2020 Pakistan’s conventional force posture faces severe challenges arising from India’s conventional military modernization and its proactive strategies, which India claims would likely stay below Pakistan’s nuclear threshold. India enjoys a substantial conventional military superiority over Pakistan. India’s aspiration to dominate the region by carrying out an offensive military
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RA’AD-II: Enhancing Pakistan’s Deterrence Posture 0
- Commentary
- March 13, 2020
By: Haris Bilal Malik 13 March 2020 Over the past few years, the South Asian region has witnessed profound developments and enhancements of cruise missiles. This is primarily because of India’s aspirations for supersonic and hypersonic weapons. Evidence comes from how India has been carrying out an extensive cruise missile development program along with its
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Assessing India’s Enhanced Air Defence Shield with reference to Pakistan’s MIRV Capabilities 0
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- February 17, 2020
By: Haris Bilal Malik 17 February 2020 Since the last few years, India has been continuously carrying out an extensive military modernization program aimed at enhancing its counterforce capabilities vis-à-vis Pakistan. Under this notion, one of its most important components is the enhancement of its air defence capabilities aimed at providing an extensive multi-layered air
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Questioning the Novelty of India’s New Normal 0
- Commentary
- January 25, 2020
By Haris Bilal Malik 25 Janaury 2020 In recent years Indian notions of Pre-emption and so-called surgical strikes have been referred to as the ‘new normal’ by many in India. These have contributed to further affecting the security, stability and strategic equilibrium in the South Asian region. This is evident in how the top-brass within
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Justifying a Pakistani Response to India’s Hybrid Warfare Campaign 0
- Commentary
- January 17, 2020
By: Haris Bilal Malik 17 January 2020 Hybrid warfare has irreversibly changed the dynamics of war in the contemporary era. In a way, it can be perceived as forming a ‘new normal’ that has also transformed the nature of warfare in South Asia, one of the most volatile regions of the world. There is no
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India’s Continuing Arrogance in Kashmir 0
- Commentary
- November 17, 2019
By: Haris Bilal Malik 17 November 2019 On October 31, 2019, India formally split up the Muslim-majority region of Jammu and Kashmir into two federal (union) territories. By doing so India violated the UNSC resolutions on the matter and officially issued a new political map indicating Ladakh and Jammu as Indian Union Territories. According to
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