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ISSF Article Review 28—'New Delhi's Long Nuclear Journey: How Secrecy and Institutional Roadblocks Delayed India's Weaponization'

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| October 7, 2014

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Stanton Nuclear Security Fellow Jayita Sarkar reviewed "New Delhi's Long Nuclear Journey: How Secrecy and Institutional Roadblocks Delayed India's Weaponization" by Gaurav Kampani (International Security, Spring 2014).

Gaurav Kampani investigates a crucial research puzzle in nuclear proliferation literature, namely, the possible underpinnings of India's slow weaponization process. Addressing the period 1989-1999, he argues that despite acquiring nuclear weapons in 1989–1990, New Delhi lacked the capability to "deliver them reliably or safely until 1994–95 or possibly 1996."...

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For Academic Citation: Sarkar, Jayita. “ISSF Article Review 28—'New Delhi's Long Nuclear Journey: How Secrecy and Institutional Roadblocks Delayed India's Weaponization'.” H-Diplo/ISSF, October 7, 2014.

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Jayita Sarkar

Jayita Sarkar

  • Ernest May Fellow in History & Policy, International Security Program
  • Former Associate, Project on Managing the Atom (MTA), May 16–August 31, 2016; Former Postdoctoral Fellow, International Security Program (ISP)/MTA, September 1, 2015–May 15, 2016; Former Stanton Nuclear Security Postdoctoral Fellow, 2014–2015
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