Pramit Pal Chaudhuri

Chaudhuri is the foreign editor of the Hindustan Times, based in New Delhi. From 1985 to 2000, he wrote about international politics and economic issues for the Calcutta newspapers The Telegraph and The Statesman. As a member of the Aspen Strategy Group of India, he is a delegate for Track II dialogue between India and the United States, and between India and China. In 2011 he began a two-year term on India's National Security Advisory Board. In 1985 he received a bachelor's degree in history from Cornell University.

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Articles by Pramit Pal Chaudhuri

Development and Disarmament Roundtable
14 February 2013
Asia

Why transparency matters

Pramit Pal Chaudhuri

Do a country's nuclear policies, whether civilian or military, benefit from media scrutiny and public debate? How one answers this fundamental question determines one's attitude toward giving journalists more access to nuclear decision-making processes.

Development and Disarmament Roundtable
24 January 2013
Asia

Toward the mainstream

Pramit Pal Chaudhuri

As my colleague Alexander Golts has noted, secrecy has emerged as a central theme in this Roundtable.

Development and Disarmament Roundtable
19 December 2012
Asia

Someone’s got a secret

Pramit Pal Chaudhuri

India's public debate on nuclear issues -- from nonproliferation policy to weapons doctrine to the safety of civilian nuclear power -- is generally quite shallow, and the country’s culture of nuclear secrecy is the main reason.

Development and Disarmament Roundtable
18 December 2012

Nuclear journalism in the developing world

Alexander GoltsPramit Pal ChaudhuriDalia el-Akkad

Difficult subject matter. Classified information. Landmines of controversy. These problems are familiar to any journalist covering nuclear issues, even those who work under the best of circumstances.