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Kartik Bommakanti

Kartik Bommakanti
Kartik Bommakanti is a Senior Fellow with the Strategic Studies Programme. Kartik specialises in space military issues and his research is primarily centred on the Indo-Pacific region. He also works on emerging technologies as well as nuclear conventional and sub-conventional coercion particularly in the context of the Indian subcontinent and the role of great powers in the subcontinents strategic dynamics. He has published in peer reviewed journals.

Featured Publications

The ethics of war: Proportionality and nationalism
Nov 22, 2023

The ethics of war: Proportionality and nationalism

China’s near space technologies pose a real
Oct 25, 2023

China’s near space technologies pose a real

Kartik Bommakanti
China’s military modernisation: Recent trends
Mar 26, 2019

China’s military modernisation: Recent trends

Kartik Bommakanti
The Ukraine-Russia conflict has reached a stalemate
Aug 25, 2023

The Ukraine-Russia conflict has reached a stalemate

Kartik Bommakanti
The 19th Congress of the Communist Party
Aug 17, 2023

The 19th Congress of the Communist Party

Kartik Bommakanti
Light Tanks: A Missing Priority for the
Jul 16, 2021

Light Tanks: A Missing Priority for the

Kartik Bommakanti
The changing contours of India's defence policy
Aug 14, 2023

The changing contours of India's defence policy

Kartik Bommakanti | Soline Kauffmann-Tourkestansky
Will China’s recent leadership rejig in the
Aug 11, 2023

Will China’s recent leadership rejig in the

Kalpit A Mankikar | Kartik Bommakanti

Expert Speak

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International Affairs | Great Power Dynamics | Defence and Security Nov 22, 2023

The ethics of war: Proportionality and nationalism

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China Foreign Policy | Space Oct 25, 2023

China’s near space technologies pose a real

Kartik Bommakanti
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International Affairs Aug 25, 2023

The Ukraine-Russia conflict has reached a stalemate

Kartik Bommakanti
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Domestic Politics and Governance | Defence and Security Aug 14, 2023

The changing contours of India's defence policy

Kartik Bommakanti | Soline Kauffmann-Tourkestansky

Contributors

Marianna Albuquerque

Marianna Albuquerque

2 Contributions

Danilo Marcondes

Danilo Marcondes

2 Contributions

Abhijit Mukhopadhyay

Abhijit Mukhopadhyay

110 Contributions

Lia Valls Pereira

Lia Valls Pereira

2 Contributions

Aarshi Tirkey

Aarshi Tirkey

65 Contributions

Kalpit A Mankikar

Kalpit A Mankikar

144 Contributions

Sameer Patil

Sameer Patil

98 Contributions

Harsh V. Pant

Harsh V. Pant

1155 Contributions

Aditya Bhan

Aditya Bhan

71 Contributions

Harris Amjad

Harris Amjad

6 Contributions

Anant Singh Mann

Anant Singh Mann

3 Contributions

Angad Singh

Angad Singh

34 Contributions

Soline Kauffmann-Tourkestansky

Soline Kauffmann-Tourkestansky

5 Contributions

Nivedita Kapoor

Nivedita Kapoor

67 Contributions

Prithvi Iyer

Prithvi Iyer

41 Contributions

Mbaranga Gasarabwe

Mbaranga Gasarabwe

7 Contributions

Suchet Vir Singh

Suchet Vir Singh

7 Contributions

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Books and Monographs

India and Brazil in the Global Multilateral Order

India and Brazil in the Global Multilateral

India and Brazil in the Global Multilateral Order

India and Brazil in the Global Multilateral

Commentaries

Learnings from the Ukraine battlefield for armed
Mar 22, 2023

Learnings from the Ukraine battlefield for armed

Harsh V. Pant | Kartik Bommakanti
Defence Indigenisation: Progress and Perils
Mar 16, 2023

Defence Indigenisation: Progress and Perils

Harsh V. Pant | Kartik Bommakanti
The Chinese are monitoring their enemies on
Feb 10, 2023

The Chinese are monitoring their enemies on

Kartik Bommakanti
Defence Budget and its discontents
Jan 24, 2023

Defence Budget and its discontents

Harsh V. Pant | Kartik Bommakanti
Global Arm sales: Change is underway
Dec 30, 2022

Global Arm sales: Change is underway

Harsh V. Pant | Kartik Bommakanti

Issue Briefs

China’s military modernisation: Recent trends
China Military Mar 26, 2019

China’s military modernisation: Recent trends

Kartik Bommakanti
The 19th Congress of the Communist Party of China and its aftermath
International Affairs Aug 17, 2023

The 19th Congress of the Communist Party

Kartik Bommakanti
India-Russia military-technical cooperation: Beyond commercial relations
Indian Foreign Policy | Great Power Dynamics | Defence and Security Jun 22, 2017

India-Russia military-technical cooperation: Beyond commercial relations

Kartik Bommakanti
China’s Military Modernisation: Recent trends
China Military Oct 11, 2017

China’s Military Modernisation: Recent trends

Kartik Bommakanti

GP-ORF Series

China’s Strategic Ambitions in the Age of COVID19
Healthcare | China Foreign Policy | Indian Ocean | China Military Sep 03, 2020

China’s Strategic Ambitions in the Age of

Occasional Papers

Light Tanks: A Missing Priority for the Indian Army
Indian Foreign Policy | Great Power Dynamics | China Foreign Policy | Internal Security | Indian Defence Jul 16, 2021

Light Tanks: A Missing Priority for the

Kartik Bommakanti
Contra massive retaliation: Possible trajectories of a flexible response deterrent strategy for India
Neighbourhood | Indian Foreign Policy | Nuclear Security | Indian Defence Aug 11, 2023

Contra massive retaliation: Possible trajectories of a

Kartik Bommakanti