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Rohan Mukherjee @rohanmukherjee.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Article available open access: direct.mit.edu/isec/article... Huge thanks to the editorial team at @intsecurity.bsky.social, the journal's peer reviewers, and to the colleagues and friends who gave us feedback on previous drafts in numerous workshops, presentations, and conferences. 6/6

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The Cost of Restraint: India's Divergent Responses to China and Pakistan as Nuclear Rivals

Abstract. Since the United States and the Soviet Union acquired the bomb in the 1940s, the common wisdom has been that each new proliferator would trigger its regional rivals and competitors to follow...

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Rohan Mukherjee @rohanmukherjee.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

This explains why India did little in response to China's nuclear program in the 1960s & 70s, & only weaponized in the late 1980s in response to Pakistan acquiring the bomb. The argument can also prima facie explain variation across the wider universe of enduring rivalries. 5/6

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Rohan Mukherjee @rohanmukherjee.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Indian leaders judged China to be a limited-aims & conventionally superior rival, thus assessed its nuclear weapons as superfluous to Sino-Indian relations. They judged Pakistan to be an extensive-aims & conventionally inferior rival, thus assessed its weapons as coercive. 4/6

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Rohan Mukherjee @rohanmukherjee.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

India is a hard case, long treated as part of a proliferation cascade from China to India to Pakistan. Using extensive archival evidence and interviews, we find that there was, in fact, no cascade. 3/6

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Rohan Mukherjee @rohanmukherjee.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

States weigh that cost against the cost of restraint, or what they stand to lose by not building the bomb in response to a rival. This cost depends on the rival's aims and the balance of conventional capabilities between them. 2/6

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Rohan Mukherjee @rohanmukherjee.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Why do nuclear dominoes not fall? The common wisdom holds that each new proliferator goads its rivals into following suit, but they rarely do. Yogesh Joshi and I argue that this gap between expectation and reality cannot be explained by the cost of nuclear pursuit alone. 1/6

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ECPR Standing Group on International Relations (SGIR) @ecprsgir.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

We invite panel/roundtable proposals for the 2027 @isanet.bsky.social convention in Atlanta, GA. PhD candidates, ECRs, & underrepresented scholars esp welcome. Please send your proposal by <20th May 6PM GMT> to the SGIR committee, via email to Prof. Lora Anne Viola (lora.viola@fu-berlin.de).

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Sandra Destradi @sdestradi.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

Last week, I attended a super inspiring workshop on right-wing #Populism in middle powers @carnegieeurope.bsky.social in Brussels. Thanks for the invitation @rohanmukherjee.bsky.social & @milanv.bsky.social !! @ideopop.bsky.social

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Mariah Thornton (宋妍嫵) @mariahtthornton.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

My article about state resistance to transnational #disinformation is out now in @ejir.bsky.social. doi.org/10.1177/1354... Taking #Taiwan's resistance to #China's disinformation as its empirical focus, the article offers 4 contributions to #InternationalRelations: (1/5)

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LSE International Relations @lseir.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

📣Join us for our next public event on 19 November, featuring Professor Ronald R Krebs, Dr @drkmillar.bsky.social, Dr @lucatardelli.bsky.social, Dr @boramlee.bsky.social, and Dr @rohanmukherjee.bsky.social. 🔗 Find out more & register: www.lse.ac.uk/events/the-t... #AcademicSky #PoliSky #Trump

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Rohan Mukherjee @rohanmukherjee.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Academic job alert: The International Relations department at LSE is looking to hire two assistant professors, in international security and in IPE (climate, environment, global business). App deadline: 7th Sep 2025. Details👇 jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/I/... jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/I/...

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Clara Weinhardt @claraweinhardt.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Day three at #ISA2025! Thanks to Raymond Wang for inviting me to a great panel on rising powers, with @rohanmukherjee.bsky.social @jcanfil.bsky.social and more. Conversation to be continued!

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LSE South Asia Centre @lsesouthasia.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

As the #Indo-Pacific becomes increasingly important in #global #geopolitics, the #IndianOcean is once again centre stage. Join us for this discussion & hear why. 📆 Thurs, 13 Mar ONLINE 🕒 3pm🇬🇧 🆓 Reg & Speaker details: www.lse.ac.uk/south-asia-c... @rohanmukherjee.bsky.social @lseideas.bsky.social

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EU Institute for Security Studies @euiss.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

An analysis by Amaia Sánchez-Cacicedo, with: Kanti Bajpai, @olibla.bsky.social, Amit Garg, @rohanmukherjee.bsky.social, Karthik Nachiappan, Jagannath Panda & @mtorresgunfaus.bsky.social

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ECPR Standing Group on International Relations (SGIR) @ecprsgir.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

We are delighted to announce the new @ecpr.bsky.social SGIR Steering Committee. Congratulations to Maria Ferreira, @osmansabrikiratli.bsky.social, @rohanmukherjee.bsky.social, @raphaeloidtmann.bsky.social, Bernhard Reinsberg, and Lora Anne Viola on their election!

Names and institutional affiliations of the new SGIR steering committee.

Rohan Mukherjee

The London School of Economics & Political Science

Maria Ferreira

Universidade de Lisboa - Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas

Lora Anne Viola

Freie Universität Berlin

Osman Sabri Kiratli

Waseda University

Bernhard Reinsberg

University of Glasgow

Raphael Oidtmann

Universität Mannheim

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Rohan Mukherjee @rohanmukherjee.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

The 2025 Ashoka Diplomatic Studies Workshop for early-career researchers will be held at Ashoka University on 10-11 Oct. We welcome research on India's diplomatic studies using IR & historical approaches. Please submit a 250-word abstract and one-page CV by 10th March.

The Department of International Relations at Ashoka University will host a two-day early-career workshop on new research in the field of India’s diplomatic studies, including its connections with international history and international relations. We welcome draft chapters or journal articles in the advanced stages of development.

The workshop is designed to offer early career researchers (graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, assistant professors) an opportunity to receive substantial feedback on their research from peers and from established scholars of Indian diplomacy. Feedback on individual papers will be detailed and focused on enabling them to cross the threshold for publication in reputed academic outlets.

Applicants are invited to submit a 250-word abstract and a one-page CV detailing their current position(s) and publication record. Those selected will be notified in April and full papers will be due in September. The workshop will cover costs of travel and accommodation.

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Rohan Mukherjee @rohanmukherjee.bsky.social · 30/01/2024

If you are a PhD student, postdoc, or asst prof working on India's diplomatic studies, esp via the disciplines of international history or international relations, please apply to the Ashoka-LSE Diplomatic Studies Workshop & share this call widely. More: www.ashoka.edu.in/event/ashoka...

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