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Bharat Karnad is an emeritus professor in National Security Studies at the Centre for Policy Research, Delhi and a national security expert.[1][2] He is the author of India's Nuclear Policy[3] (Praeger, 2008), Nuclear Weapons and Indian Security: The Realist Foundations of Strategy[4] (Macmillan India, 2002, 2005) and author-editor of Future Imperilled: India's Security in the 1990s and Beyond (Viking-Penguin India, 1994).[5]
Early life and career
He holds a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of California, Santa Barbara and received a Masters in political science from University of California, Los Angeles in 1975.[6] Karnad served as a Member of the National Security Advisory Board, National Security Council, Government of India,[7] and Member of the Nuclear Doctrine Drafting Group,[8] and formerly Advisor, Defense Expenditure to the Finance Commission, India.[9] He has been a visiting scholar at Princeton University, the University of Pennsylvania, the Shanghai Institute for International Studies, and The Stimson Center in Washington.[10] He is frequently contacted by the Indian government and the Indian military for policy suggestions.[11] He is also a regular lecturer at the highest military training institutions and forums and conducts an annual Strategic Nuclear Orientation Course for senior armed forces officers for the Integrated Defence Staff, Ministry of Defence.[12]
His latest books include Why India is not a Great Power (Yet) published by Oxford University Press in 2015[13] and Staggering Forward: Narendra Modi and India's Global Ambition published by Penguin India in 2018[14] in which he takes issue with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's foreign policy with respect to Pakistan.[15][16]
References
- ↑ 'Limited war is the only option with China', Sehgal, Rashme. Rediff(22 July 2020). Retrieved 2020-07-27.
- ↑ Obama Visit to Cement Strategic Partnerships with India(5 November 2010).
- ↑ Indian hydrogen bomb was a dud. India Today(27 August 2009).
- ↑ Kalam was eased out as adviser to Fernandes. The Times of India(22 June 2002).
- ↑ India's emerging nuclear posture: between recessed deterrent and ready arsenal{{#if:Tellis|, Tellis}. Rand Corporation(2001). ISBN 978-0-8330-2781-8
- ↑ Bharat Karnad. Centre for Policy Research.
- ↑ LoC is elastic -- Security advisor. The Indian Express(19 June 1999).
- ↑ India Releases Nuclear Doctrine, Looks to Emulate P-5 Arsenals. Arms Control Today(July–August 1999).
- ↑ Emerging India: security and foreign policy perspectives{{#if:Sisodia|, Sisodia}. Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses(2005). ISBN 978-81-86019-51-1
- ↑ Bharat Karnad. thebulletin.org.
- ↑ Why India is Not a Great Power (Yet), Dorschner, Jon. American Diplomacy(February 2016). Retrieved 5 October 2020.
- ↑ About. Security Wise(2011-09-19). Retrieved 2020-10-04.
- ↑ Crouching dragon, kneeling tiger.
- ↑ Staggering Forward. Penguin India.
- ↑ Hindutva & India’s neighbours. Indian Express(22 December 2018).
- ↑ 'Staggering Forward-Narendra Modi and India’s Global Ambition' review: Foreign policy in a hurry. The Hindu(8 September 2018).