Bharat Karnad
{{Short description|Indian academic}}
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Bharat Karnad is an emeritus professor in National Security Studies at the Centre for Policy Research, Delhi and a national security expert.{{Cite web|last=Sehgal|first=Rashme|date=22 July 2020|title='Limited war is the only option with China'|url=https://www.rediff.com/news/interview/limited-war-is-the-only-option-with-china-ladakh/20200722.htm|access-date=2020-07-27|website=Rediff|language=en}} He is the author of India's Nuclear Policy{{cite news |title=Indian hydrogen bomb was a dud |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/%27Indian+hydrogen+bomb+was+a+dud%27/1/58655.html |work=India Today |date=27 August 2009 |accessdate=1 November 2011 }} (Praeger, 2008), Nuclear Weapons and Indian Security: The Realist Foundations of Strategy{{cite news |title=Kalam was eased out as adviser to Fernandes |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Kalam-was-eased-out-as-adviser-to-Fernandes/articleshow/13702980.cms |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120713041216/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2002-06-22/mumbai/27299888_1_service-chiefs-scientific-adviser-defence-industry |url-status=live |archive-date=13 July 2012 |work=The Times of India |date=22 June 2002 |access-date=1 November 2011 }} (Macmillan India, 2002, 2005) and author-editor of Future Imperilled: India's Security in the 1990s and Beyond (Viking-Penguin India, 1994).{{cite book |title=India's emerging nuclear posture: between recessed deterrent and ready arsenal |url=https://archive.org/details/indiasemergingnu00tell |url-access=limited |last=Tellis |first=Ashley J. |page=[https://archive.org/details/indiasemergingnu00tell/page/n312 282] |year=2001 |publisher=Rand Corporation |isbn=978-0-8330-2781-8 }}
Early life and career
He holds a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of California, Santa Barbara and received a Masters in political science from University of California, Los Angeles in 1975.{{cite web|url=http://www.cprindia.org/people/bharat-karnad|title=Bharat Karnad|accessdate=27 December 2018|website=Centre for Policy Research}}
Karnad served as a Member of the National Security Advisory Board, National Security Council, Government of India,{{cite news |title=LoC is elastic -- Security advisor |url=http://www.expressindia.com/ie/daily/19990619/ige19046.html |work=The Indian Express |date=19 June 1999 |accessdate=1 November 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050125070001/http://www.expressindia.com/ie/daily/19990619/ige19046.html |archivedate=25 January 2005 }} and Member of the Nuclear Doctrine Drafting Group,{{cite news |title=India Releases Nuclear Doctrine, Looks to Emulate P-5 Arsenals |url=http://www.armscontrol.org/act/1999_07-08/indja99 |work=Arms Control Today |publisher=Arms Control Association |date=July–August 1999 |accessdate=1 November 2011 }} and formerly Advisor, Defense Expenditure to the Finance Commission, India.{{cite book |title=Emerging India: security and foreign policy perspectives |last=Sisodia |first=N. S. |author2=Chitrapu Uday Bhaskar |page=75 |year=2005 |publisher=Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses |isbn=978-81-86019-51-1 }} He has been a visiting scholar at Princeton University, the University of Pennsylvania, the Shanghai Institute for International Studies, and The Stimson Center in Washington.{{cite web|url=https://thebulletin.org/biography/bharat-karnad/|title=Bharat Karnad|accessdate=27 December 2018|website=thebulletin.org}} He is frequently contacted by the Indian government and the Indian military for policy suggestions.{{Cite web|last=Dorschner|first=Jon|date=February 2016|title=Why India is Not a Great Power (Yet)|url=http://americandiplomacy.web.unc.edu/2016/02/why-india-is-not-a-great-power-yet/|access-date=5 October 2020|website=American Diplomacy}} He is also a regular lecturer at the highest military training institutions and forums and conducts an annual Strategic Nuclear Orientation Course for senior armed forces officers for the Integrated Defence Staff, Ministry of Defence.{{Cite web|date=2011-09-19|title=About|url=https://bharatkarnad.com/about/|access-date=2020-10-04|website=Security Wise|language=en}}
His latest books include Why India is not a Great Power (Yet) published by Oxford University Press in 2015{{Cite web|title = Crouching dragon, kneeling tiger|url = http://www.business-standard.com/article/beyond-business/crouching-dragon-kneeling-tiger-115112001203_1.html|accessdate = 23 November 2015}} and Staggering Forward: Narendra Modi and India's Global Ambition published by Penguin India in 2018{{cite web|url=https://penguin.co.in/book/uncategorized/staggering-forward/|title=Staggering Forward|accessdate=27 December 2018|website=Penguin India}} in which he takes issue with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's foreign policy with respect to Pakistan.{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/hindutva-indias-neighbours-bjp-narendra-modi-kartarpur-corridor-5504646/|title=Hindutva & India’s neighbours|date=22 December 2018|website=Indian Express}}{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/books-reviews/staggering-forward-narendra-modi-and-indias-global-ambition-review-foreign-policy-in-a-hurry/article24893081.ece|title='Staggering Forward-Narendra Modi and India’s Global Ambition' review: Foreign policy in a hurry|date=8 September 2018|website=The Hindu}}
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External links
- [https://penguin.co.in/book_author/bharat-karnad/ Bharat Karnad] at Penguin India
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