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Achin Vanaik

Professor of International Relations and Global Politics, Delhi University

Vanaik is one of the leading analysts on globalisation, democracy and security issues in South Asia, a renowned specialist on nuclear arms, and and a co-founder of the Movement in India for Nuclear Disarmament (MIND), and South Asians Against Nukes. As well as a recognised academic, Vanaik also writes regularly for various national newspapers and was formerly the assistant editor of the Times in India. He is a co-recipient, with Praful Bidwai, of the International Peace Bureau's Sean McBride International Peace Prize for 2000.

Nuclear disarmament, nuclear weapon free zones, Indian security & foreign policy, Indian communalism

He is a co-recipient, with Praful Bidwai, of the International Peace Bureau's Sean McBride International Peace Prize for 2000.

English

Achin Vanaik is frequently interviewed and contributes to The Telegraph (Calcutta), and The Hindu.

Selected publications: 
New Nukes
Selling US Wars

Recent content by Achin Vanaik

The three legacies of Darwin (14 Jan 2010)

The legacy of Darwin is not only the knowledge that there is a biological continuum between the animal and the human worlds, but also that there is a link between culture and nature. If only mainstream economics could learn from the life sciences which Darwin did so much to nourish, it might recognise that you cannot have unlimited growth in a finite world.

What's behind Obama's rhetoric of nuclear restraint? (5 Oct 2009)

The discourse of concern about nuclear non-proliferation by the biggest and most obscene of all nuclear culprits – the US – serves admirably as one line of attack on countries like Iran and as a disguise for the US’s deeper and wider motives in West and East Asia.

The left must keep left (19 Jun 2009)

Perhaps the single most significant consequence of the recent elections is the dramatic decline of the reformist left of the Communist Party of India (CPI) and the Communist Party of India (Marxist) - CPM. This decline was sharpest in West Bengal and was undoubtedly related to the tragedies of Singur and Nandigram for which Buddhadev Bhattacharya bears principal responsibility.

»Indien ist nach rechts gerückt« (29 Apr 2009)
Koalition unter Führung der Kongreß-Partei oder unter der rechtsgerichteten Hindu-Partei BJP – wirtschaftspolitisch ist es egal, wer bei den Wahlen gewinnt. Ein Gespräch mit Achin Vanaik
Obama and hopes for global nuclear disarmament (22 Apr 2009)
Although Obama's promises on nuclear disarmament should not be exaggerated, the announced shift in the US nuclear policy offers a glimmer of hope. Outlining the key treaties regulating the spread and testing of nuclear weapons, Achin Vanaik explores the prospects the new US presidency offers to the goal of disarmament and suggests strategies for civic action to further the cause.
US lifts ban on nuclear trade with India (Audio) (14 Oct 2008)
By lifting the ban on nuclear trade with India the US has basically embraced India as a partner in its informal imperial project, says Achin Vanaik, which could spark nuclear arms race between India and Pakistan, and have serious consequences for global security.
Empire of the periphery (12 Sep 2008)
Kagarlitsky’s new account of Russia’s past represents the best type of balanced history, coming from those who opposed the power elites of the past refusing to accept their dishonesties and prejudices.
Torture in 'democracies' (30 Jun 2008)

Let us talk about torture and how three countries, widely considered to be remarkable democracies – India, US and Israel – hush it up. Israel, unlike the other two, is not a democracy by any genuine legal or moral standard. It denies a fifth of its population (Israeli Arabs not living in the occupied territories) equal citizenship rights. It is in fact a non-secular, explicitly communal “Jewish state” which Constitutionally-legally discriminates on the grounds of religion.

The new Himalayan republic (7 Apr 2008)
Achin Vanaik sets out the complex socio-historical backdrop to the Nepalese Second Democratic Revolution of 2006 that overthrew the monarchy, the ensuing struggle for a new republic, and the tactical challenges facing the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist).
Stockmarket illusions (6 Feb 2008)
The most striking dimension of today's world economy is its huge and uncontrolled financialisation, which is not being invested in production and is merely benefiting a few multi-billionaires.
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