Manpreet Sethi
@manpreetsethi01
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Distinguished Fellow, Centre for Air Power Studies, NukeNerd, Sr Research Advisor, APLN, Co-chair WiN India. K Subrahmanyam award, two commendations.
Joined March 2015
Intellect & emotions met at 63rd Pugwash Conf, 1-5 Nov, Hiroshima, when 180 scts & scholars from 40 nations met to mark 80 yrs of atomic bombings, tragedies of war but also moral ruptures in the conscience of mankind. Honor to speak. @PugwashConfs @APLNofficial @CAPS_INDIA
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Standing in front of these structures, I heard Pres Trump's announcement to return US to nuc testing. 130,000 ppl died here from 12-15 kiloton NW. Since then, US has conducted 1000+ tests, incl of 15 megaton. More tests needed? Or more perspective??
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Happy to be Co-Chair of the UNIDIR S&T Watchtower Nuclear Weapons Expert Network launched on 27 Oct on margins of UNGA first committee. Exciting work ahead. Thanks @UNIDIR @CAPS_INDIA
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Worth noting this thread at this moment
US President Trump has ordered the DOD to start testing nuclear weapons “on an equal basis” with Russia and China. Although details remain unclear, if implemented, this would represent a major shock to the global norm against nuclear testing and to the nuclear nonproliferation
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Some discussions are special owing to their candor and constructive tenor. This was one such exchange of thoughts.
📍On 29 Oct, CAPSS hosted an interactive discussion with a team from the British American Security Information Council (BASIC) @BASIC_int on “Nuclear Developments in South Asia” — moderated by Dr Manpreet Sethi @manpreetsethi01 (Distinguished Fellow, CAPSS). 🎙️ Prof Nicholas
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Blue skies with fluffy clouds against the skyline, hot Samgye-tang and cold Patbingsu make for a perfect welcome into beautiful Seoul!!
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With #multipolarity being mentioned several times in #Tianjin, it's time to reup @APLNofficial report I recently co authored. Different conceptions of multipolarity in China and India will have to be managed as u can see here.
VIDEO | Tianjin: On PM Narendra Modi's visit to China for Shangai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit, Foreign Secretary of India Vikram Misri says, "They both agreed that the two countries were primarily focused on their domestic development goals, and in this, they were
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A privilege to have kept nuc strategy capsules @CAPS_INDIA going for 18 rs wid support of best speakers. @RRajagopalanJNU
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@sandipmishraJNU & a great team of NukeNerds @Javed_alam0005, Sanaa Alvira & Prahlad Kumar. 1600 offrs have now done d course!!
📢CAPSS organised the 33rd Nuclear Strategy Capsule from 25-29 August, 2025. 📢The inaugural address was given by Ambassador Pankaj Saran @PankajSaran11, and the valedictory address by the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Anil Chauhan, PVSM UYSM AVSM SM VSM. 📢Amb Saran
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Nuc brinkmanship is at a new brink. Quietly accepting this new position is wrought with its own set of risks. #justsaying
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#IPCSColumn | #StrategicSpace "With nuclear disarmament still a hazy dot on the far horizon, nuclear risks from brinkmanship are here and now." Dr. @manpreetsethi01 writes on why normalising the threat of nuclear weapons use sets a dangerous example. https://t.co/YDf9FgmRLs
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An article titled 'Defeating Pak Nuclear Strategy' that I wrote in 2011 was recently brought to my attention by a young colleague. Thanks @rawatra10 14 years from then we have realized a lot.... https://t.co/vXUdbT9QDo
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In a piece to mark 80yrs of nuc use, I asked whether today’s nuc envt gives confidence that mankind will pass another 80 yrs without nuc use. Pushing of d envelope on nuc brinkmanship, a la Tampa, & no pushback to such behavior further lowers d confidence. https://t.co/AbuIBUNoqI
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In the first of a series of articles to mark the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Manpreet Sethi, from the Centre for Air Power Studies in Delhi assesses what needs...
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Ah, finally, we know the brands of Thomas Schelling's two cars used to explain #nuclearbrinkmanship. One is a Mercedes/Ferrari and the other a dump truck!!
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If you had been at #Hiroshima, 80 years ago this morning of 6 Aug, and survived the damage wrought by the single Little Boy, these are some of the sights that you wld have seen. Let's not forget that nuclear weapons r not ordinary weapons. The rest will follow.
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On Aug 4 at Jasjit Singh Memorial Lecture, CAPS, now Centre for Aerospace Power and Strategic Studies @CAPS_INDIA, released a monograph on #OperationSindoor with chapters on the mil ops, Pak narrative, & cross border terror in nuc shadow. Available at https://t.co/pfUoQ9N66m
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Multipolarity is a feature of the contemporary landscape. But there is no one idea of multipolarity. @APLNofficial we examine the notions, purposes, challenges and opportunities around multipolarity in Asia Pacific. Thanks @Averagejoel
In this new report, Manpreet Sethi @manpreetsethi01, Fang Liu, and Elaine Natalie explain how different understandings of multipolarity in China, India, and Indonesia shape geopolitics in the Asia-Pacific. Read here 👉 https://t.co/2bfVDOFnYh
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In this new report, Manpreet Sethi @manpreetsethi01, Fang Liu, and Elaine Natalie explain how different understandings of multipolarity in China, India, and Indonesia shape geopolitics in the Asia-Pacific. Read here 👉 https://t.co/2bfVDOFnYh
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A group of Nobel laureates and nuclear experts from across the globe gathered for a three-day conference to establish guiding principles for nuclear diplomacy. @manpreetsethi01 talks about how the public’s attention has changed on nuclear conflict. https://t.co/odTruRcXXH
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Thanks @CAPS_INDIA NukeNerds for keeping your eyes on target.
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Not so happy to share the not so happy looking Nuclear Tracker for Apr -June 2025. Arms control and disarmament have fallen off the map and all trendlines except one are negative!! Read on for a sense of the times. https://t.co/8sxh6djzkS
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Thanks @APLNofficial for the opportunity to make a few comments on the implications of Israeli-US strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities for nonproliferation and regional security in and beyond the Middle East, including in the Asia Pacific region: https://t.co/hdLw82FydV
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