To compete and thrive in the 21st century, democracies, and the United States in particular, must develop new national security and economic strategies that address the geopolitics of information. In the 20th century, market capitalist democracies geared infrastructure, energy, trade, and even social policy to protect and advance that era’s key source of power—manufacturing. In this century, democracies must better account for information geopolitics across all dimensions of domestic policy and national strategy.
Stanton Nuclear Security Fellow Karthika Sasikumar will present an MTA seminar entitled "From Target to Designer: Multilateral Export Controls and Safeguards in Indian Nuclear Policy" on Tuesday April 26 at 9:30am in the Belfer Center library.
This talk is about measures that India has taken to contain the diffusion of the materials and technology for nuclear weapons and their delivery systems. I will talk about export controls that form barriers to the outward flow of materials and technology from India, as well as safeguards that are designed to prevent flows from the civilian nuclear program—a recipient of foreign assistance—to the Indian weapons program. I will also discuss India’s participation in international arrangements to restrict such sensitive flows that are outside traditional nonproliferation institutions (e.g. the Proliferation Security Initiative).