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Sanjay Badri-Maharaj

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Sanjay Badri-Maharaj is an independent defence analyst and attorney-at-law based in Trinidad and Tobago. He holds a PhD and an MA from the Department of War Studies, King’s College London. He has served as a consultant to the Trinidad and Tobago Ministry of National Security and its Ministry of the Attorney-General. He also served as an instructor to Coast Guard Officer Cadets. His first book, The Armageddon Factor - Nuclear Weapons in the India-Pakistan Context, was published in 2000. Since then he has written extensively on military and strategic affairs as they pertain to Southern Asia and the Latin-America-Caribbean region. He was a visiting international fellow at the IDSA in 2016. Author Introduction 1. Potential Threat: The Chinese and Pakistani Nuclear Arsenals 2. India’s Nuclear Arsenal—Current and Future Deterrent 3. Tactical Nuclear Weapons: Options for India? 4. Ballistic Missile Defences for India: An Essential Asset 5. India’s Military Space Efforts: An Important Yet Underappreciated Asset 6. Responding to a Nontraditional CBRN Attack 7. The Indian Doctrine: Credibility and Capability = Strategy 8 The Path Ahead: Shaping India’s Nuclear Strategy in the Years to Come Bibliography Index

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