INDIA has recently invited private companies to help develop Bharat Small Reactors (BSRs), marking a shift in its nuclear energy strategy.BSRs are compact reactors designed for smaller-scale electricity generation, diverging …
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The Road Ahead of the Biological Weapons Convention 2024
by Nazia Sheikhby Nazia SheikhIntroduction The latest effort by states-parties to fortify the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) will be completed halfway by this month’s end. At the convention’s ninth review conference in 2022, a working …
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Strategic Challenges for NATO in an Evolving Global Security Landscape
by Nazia Sheikhby Nazia SheikhAbstractFollowing the Russia-Ukraine war on February 24, 2022, the post-Cold War international order collapsed and the greatest crisis started in Europe since World War I. It is questionable whether NATO …
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Russia Modifies Nuclear Doctrine: Implications for Global Security
by Nazia Sheikhby Nazia SheikhRussia Modifies Its Nuclear Doctrine: On Sunday, September 1, 2024, Russia declared that it will revise its nuclear doctrine in response to the West’s actions in the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war. The …
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The Geopolitical Chessboard: The Budapest Memorandum and Russia-Ukraine Relations
by Nazia Sheikhby Nazia SheikhThe US, UK, and Russian Federation, who met on December 5, 1994, in Budapest, Hungary, provided security assurances in conjunction with Ukraine,s admission to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) as …
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SIPRI Yearbook 2024: Rising Global Nuclear Arsenal Sparks Concerns
by Nazia Sheikhby Nazia SheikhIt is estimated that there are 12,121 nuclear weapons in the world, 9,585 of which are in military stocks and ready for deployment.According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute’s …
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Balloon controversy inflames the Korean Peninsula. On June 4th, 2024, South Korea announced that it had suspended a contentious military deal with North Korea to begin front-line military activity. On …
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The Swiss government remains steadfast in its refusal to ratify and sign the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons Treaty (TPNW). It believes it is more beneficial to participate within the parameters …
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INDIA became the Seventh nation after the US, UK, France, Russia, Pakistan, and China launched MIRV-armed ballistic missiles when it announced the first flight of an Agni-5 Submarine-launched ballistic missile …
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Rising Tensions: The Emergence of a New Nuclear Arms Race
by Nazia Sheikhby Nazia SheikhThe start of the New Year 2024 was distinguished by several wars in Africa, Europe, and the Middle East; human-caused environmental and climate change; and worries about democratic regression, economic …