Strategic Space by Manpreet Sethi
Manpreet Sethi
 Distinguished Fellow at CAPS
  • Will Obliterating Iran’s Nuclear Facilities Ignite Nuclear Ambitions Elsewhere?
    Manpreet Sethi   ·    31 Mar, 2026   ·    5907
    The Israeli Air Force claimed that it had dropped over 12,000 bombs in 8,500 strikes on Iranian targets in the first 18 days of the ongoing war. Another three weeks have passed since then, with a lot more damage. The US used advanced ‘bun ...
  • Living in a House of Dynamite: The Dilemmas of Nuclear Decision-Making
    Manpreet Sethi   ·    07 Jan, 2026   ·    5899
    Kathryn Bigelow, an Academy Award-winning filmmaker, describes the contemporary nuclear scenario as ‘a house of dynamite’. The nine nuclear-armed states are inmates in a house (Earth), with each accumulating more dynamite (nuclear warhe ...
  • Testing Times: Likely Responses and Implications
    Manpreet Sethi   ·    18 Nov, 2025   ·    5896
    This Halloween, President Trump spooked the world by instructing his Department of War to restart nuclear testing. The US stopped underground explosive testing in 1992 after having conducted 1,030 nuclear tests. But Trump wants to restart i ...
  • Nuclear Brinkmanship at a New Brink
    Manpreet Sethi   ·    22 Aug, 2025   ·    5893
    The world commemorated 80 years of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki this August. Across the world, editorials, opinion pieces, activist marches, discussions and other events marked the occasion. On 9 August 2025, as people reme ...
  • Counter-Proliferation Sans Diplomacy won’t Lead to Non-Proliferation Success in Iran
    Manpreet Sethi   ·    30 Jul, 2025   ·    5892
    Counter-proliferation, or state-sanctioned use of force such as military strikes, cyber-strikes, electronic warfare, assassinations, or sabotage against nuclear facilities or personnel, has been undertaken a few times in the past as a way o ...
  • 25 Years of Nuclear India and Pakistan: Crisis Communications Must be Made a Priority
    Manpreet Sethi   ·    25 May, 2023   ·    5849
    In May 1998, two countries, India and Pakistan, emerged as states with nuclear weapons. They also happened to be neighbours with disputed territorial claims. International reactions not only criticised and imposed sanctions on both, but ...
  • Nuclear Power Plants in War Zones: Risks and Remedies
    Manpreet Sethi   ·    30 Mar, 2023   ·    5845
    In January 2023, an American non-governmental organisation, the Arms Control Association, announced the winner of its annual Arms Control Person(s) of the Year. Based on an online poll of 3,500 participants from 80 countries, the award r ...
  • A Cautious and Conservative US Nuclear Posture Review
    Manpreet Sethi   ·    10 Jan, 2023   ·    5841
    The much-awaited fifth US Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) was announced on 27 October 2022. It was published along with two other documents: the National Defence Strategy and Missile Defence Review. These three strategic reviews were relea ...
  • Emerging Missile Trends to Watch Out For
    Manpreet Sethi   ·    25 Nov, 2022   ·    5838
    Traditionally, much of the focus on missiles has been on those capable of delivery of weapons of mass destruction (WMD). But, new missile trends are emerging. While missile technology is nearly 80 years old, modern missiles have register ...
  • Observing 26 September in the Shadow of Nuclear Risks
    Manpreet Sethi   ·    26 Sep, 2022   ·    5831
    26 September is observed every year as UN International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons. The tradition has continued for nine years since the UN General Assembly passed Resolution 68/32 as a follow-up to its high-level m ...
Other Articles by Manpreet Sethi