Rajiv Nayan

Nayan, a senior research associate at the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, specializes in export controls, nonproliferation, and arms control. In 2004 and 2005 he was a visiting research fellow at the Japan Institute of International Affairs, and in 2005 and 2006 was a visiting Fulbright scholar at New York University's Center on International Cooperation. He is a member of the Export Controls Experts Group (an initiative of the Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific) and serves on the executive council of the Indian Pugwash Society. In 1996 he received a doctorate in disarmament studies from Jawaharlal Nehru University.

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Articles by Rajiv Nayan

Development and Disarmament Roundtable
14 February 2013

How both sides win

Rajiv Nayan

With this Roundtable nearing its conclusion, I continue to believe that the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) can best address the needs of developing countries by ensuring that nuclear commerce, rather than nonproliferation, is the group's primary focus.

Development and Disarmament Roundtable
17 January 2013
AmericasAsiaMiddle East

Confidence, trust, and balance

Rajiv Nayan

The three essays published in this Roundtable so far have all affirmed the need for responsible control of commerce in nuclear technology and goods.

Development and Disarmament Roundtable
31 December 2012

Paths forward for the Nuclear Suppliers Group

Rajiv NayanKayhan BarzegarRaymund Jose G. Quilop

Though the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) may well be indispensable for nonproliferation, its membership of mainly wealthy nations sometimes provokes suspicion in the developing world. Can the NSG contribute to nonproliferation and also remain fair to developing countries?

Development and Disarmament Roundtable
31 December 2012
AsiaEurope/Russia

Adapting to the 21st century

Rajiv Nayan

In the years since it was established in 1975, the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) has emerged as a comprehensive multilateral export-control regime for nuclear materials and technology.

1 March 2012
Global forum

How can countries ensure that the Nuclear Security Summit does not lose momentum and become just another gathering?

Rajiv Nayan

In 2009, President Barack Obama announced from Prague’s Hradcany square that “the most immediate and extreme threat to global security” was nuclear weapons in the hands of terrorists, and world leaders listened.