This seminar examines, through analysis of the writings of prominent security intellectuals, how the doctrine of deterrence came to dominate thinking about nuclear weapons over the last four decades. It will lay out the domestic conditions and the external factors that combined to produce this outcome. It will also discuss the threat posed to regional and global stability by the routine and unexamined invocation of deterrence in India today. It will end with policy implications. The presentation will use qualitative and quantitative content analysis of op-eds on the nuclear issue published in English-language national newspapers in India, from 1970 to 2010.

With India’s growing influence in Asia-Pacific region, the USA sees India as an alternative to Chinese hegemony in Asia-Pacific and a beneficial economy for greater Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), reckons Jagannath P. Panda...

The recent security symposium video has been made available to view online.

Has the New Delhi BRICS summit signaled a new wave of power politics in a multipolar world order? The continuity in BRICS summits and the current economic primacy of the BRICS grouping suggests that the global politics is entering a new phase of power politics...

ACDIS is proud to present the 5th Annual Transatlantic Security Symposium featuring Ambassador Tibor Toth, Executive Secretary of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO)

ACDIS announces a one-week summer workshop in global security. Targeted at rising sophomores or advanced undergrads, the workshop aims to inform students about key security issues; to develop a self-sustaining network of students in security studies; and to introduce careers in security policy-making. Students completing the workshop will be awarded a Certificate in Global Security Studies.

While space is very large, the part that humans use is actually rather small. It is a territory that a growing number of nations have laid claim upon, making it increasingly difficult to balance the interests of those already in space with those looking to move into the high frontier. We’ll talk about space security.

Dr. Stephen P. Cohen Co-sponsors: Center for Global Studies (CGS), Program in Arms Control, Disarmament, and International Security (ACDIS), and Center for South Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (CSAMES)

Jonas Vaicikonis, a 2010 recipient of the ACDIS Undergraduate Certificate in Global Security has published a report on North Korea. An internship with The Fund for Peace in Washington, D.C. led to research and publication of the report: North Korean WMD Trading Relationships.

ACDIS faculty member Clifford Singer co-authored a publication for the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) entitled U.S. Spent Nuclear Fuel: A Market-Based Solution. It is available for download from CSIS.