Nuclear Security, the Summit Process and India
Dr Rajiv Nayan is Senior Research Associate at Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (MP-IDSA), New Delhi. He has been working with the Institute since 1993, where he… Continue reading Nuclear Security, the Summit Process and India read more
Volume:38
Issue:2
Commentaries
India has been dealing with terrorism for several decades, and is therefore constructively involved in all genuine exercises for countering the menace. As terror groups are expected to use weapons of mass destruction (WMDs), India fully supports the legal and other operational measures and mechanisms adopted by multilateral and international organisations to mitigate the risk of WMD terrorism. A resolution has been steered in the United Nations General Assembly to gain international support for fighting WMD terrorism. Of all the WMDs, weapons using nuclear and radiological materials are the most devastating. India has been supportive of the various international and national endeavours to prevent and counter this threat.
