Bharat Karnad argues that India’s Rafale losses highlight the need for rugged, economical, and tactically suitable weapons rather than expensive, overly refined platforms that don’t fit India’s realities. Watch the full interview here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O87Vex7pAVY

Bharat Karnad criticizes India’s policy planning as ineffective, staffed by people more concerned with convenience than strategy, unlike the U.S., where policy planning drives foreign policy. Watch the full interview here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O87Vex7pAVY

Bharat Karnad warns that India’s complacency ignores the basic truth that security, not infrastructure, is a nation’s first duty, arguing that even North Korea commands global respect because it can protect itself. Watch the full interview here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O87Vex7pAVY

Bharat Karnad says India lost the chance to reshape global power by failing to weaponise after 1974, arguing that Indira Gandhi’s hesitation, driven by poorly advised bureaucrats, kept India from wielding nuclear weapons, the ultimate arbiters of power. Watch the full interview here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O87Vex7pAVY

Bharat Karnad argues that India is far from a peaceful society, highlighting deep social fault lines, caste-driven politics, and widespread violence that expose the hypocrisy of claiming moral pacifism. Watch the full interview here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O87Vex7pAVY

Bharat Karnad says India shows no strategic response or sense of humiliation despite China’s continued dominance, arguing that, unlike China, which seeks to erase its “century of humiliation” India remains complacent and even complicit with those who once victimised it. Watch the full interview here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O87Vex7pAVY

Bharat Karnad explains that India must resume open-ended nuclear testing and develop a full spectrum of advanced, high-yield weapons, including megaton designs. Watch the full interview here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O87Vex7pAVY

India’s leadership, media, and even the military lack real nuclear expertise, leaving the country stuck in an “unvirtuous cycle,” says Dr. Bharat Karnad. Watch the full interview here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O87Vex7pAVY