Articles By A Vinod Kumar
‘No First Use’ is Not Sacrosanct: Need a Theatre-Specific Posture for...
By: A Vinod Kumar | Issue: Courtesy: IDSA | Date: 05 Sep , 2019
What would be the response of India if it comes across credible intelligence that Pakistan is preparing to launch nuclear-armed missiles as a means to escalate military hostilities? Would India...
India’s ASAT Test: Joining the Arms Race in Outer Space?
By: A Vinod Kumar | Date: 31 Mar , 2019
When the US Missile Defence Agency (MDA) undertook an interception of a dysfunctional satellite in low-earth orbit in February 2008, the agency used the ballistic missile defence (BMD)...
Two standoffs and some nuclear lessons
By: A Vinod Kumar | Issue: Courtesy: IDSA | Date: 02 Jan , 2018
The politics of nuclear weapons have always been complex and enigmatic. A testament to this reality came during the course of the current year, which not only saw a little over a quarter of UN...
Can Kim Jong-Un be tamed?
By: A Vinod Kumar | Date: 13 Apr , 2017
Days after US President Donald Trump made his first decisive foreign policy intervention by launching a flurry of Tomahawks into a Syrian air base, in response to the chemical attack blamed on the...
NSG and China’s Grand Strategic Flip-flops: Some Plausible Explanations
By: A Vinod Kumar | Date: 26 Aug , 2016
When India responded cautiously to the international tribunal’s rejection of China’s claim over the South China Sea (SCS), many commentators construed it as India ceding crucial ground on an...
The Clarion Call from the Atolls: Marshall Islands Puts the Nuclear Powers...
By: A Vinod Kumar | Issue: Courtesy: IDSA | Date: 07 Apr , 2016
The story of the Republic of Marshall Islands (RMI) evokes awe as well as sympathy. This Pacific island republic has for long been at the forefront of projecting the perils that small island...
Ballistic Missile Defences in 2030
By: A Vinod Kumar | Issue: Book Excerpt: Asia 2030 - The Unfolding Future | Date: 25 Feb , 2011
Not only can we hit a bullet with a bullet, we can hit a spot on the bullet with a bullet. –Lt. Gen. Henry A. Obering, Former Director, Missile Defense Agency, USA History has often shown that...