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Discuss the efficacy of India’s ‘no first use’ policy (nuclear weapons) in the context of the evolving strategic challenges from its neighbours.

  • UPSC 2020
  • 15 marks
  • India and the Nuclear Question

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India's no first use (NFU) pledge, fixed in the Cabinet Committee on Security statement of 4 January 2003, promises nuclear use only in retaliation against a nuclear attack on Indian territory or forces, with an option against a major chemical or biological attack. Efficacy must be judged dyad by dyad: against Pakistan, which reserves first…

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  • The logic of the pledge
  • Against Pakistan: efficacy with a gap
  • Against China: efficacy through survivability
  • Strains on credibility
  • Conclusion
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