Nuclear Security News and Member Updates Roundup, September 2023
…arm of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) which oversees the UK’s nuclear weapons programme has refused to release details of over 100 security incidents it logged over the last five…
The Wellington Experience
…to fill some of the resultant U.S. information gaps, this study examines the observations of U.S. military personnel who attended India’s Defence Services Staff College (DSSC) at Wellington. Although the…
Back to Basics: Pledging Nuclear Restraint
…Nuclear Strategy: India’s March Towards Credible Deterrence. In 2014, she was the recipient of the K. Subrahmanyam award, an honor conferred by the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses for…
Learning about the Bomb
…back seat to other important issues, like the war in Afghanistan, missile defence, and Kashmir. It’s also hard to learn about the Bomb in the classroom. There are too few…
Protecting Those Who Protect Human Rights: Opportunities and Risks for Action at the UN
…Defence: The Industries Causing the Climate Crisis and Attacks against Land and Environmental Defenders, (2021), https://www.globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/environmental-activists/last-line-defence/, 11. 159 Some states and bodies have developed such guidelines, such as the European Union,…
Yuki Tatsumi’s Op-Ed in Policy Forum on Japan & Australia
…to export defence equipment since the Japanese government revised its arms export policy to open the door for the Japanese defence industry to compete overseas. To continue reading, click here….
Prioritizing the Indian Ocean in US Indo-Pacific Strategy
…of China’s “two oceans” approach to maritime security, paralleling PLAN’s expanded focus from “offshore waters defense” to “open seas protection.”9 Note: Caitlin Campbell, “Highlights from China’s New Defense White Paper,…
The Impact of US-Sponsored Ukraine-Russia Talks on Moldova’s Security
Editor’s Note: Dr. Dumitru Minzarari is a Lecturer in Security Studies with the Department of Political and Strategic Studies at the Baltic Defence College. Previously, Dr. Minzarari was a research…