Back to Basics: Pledging Nuclear Restraint
Introduction China has been a nuclear-weapon state for slightly more than five decades. Beijing has approached nuclear deterrence from a minimalist perspective, eschewing large stockpiles […]
Clarify and Respect the Line of Actual Control
Introduction China and India – both rising powers and nuclear-armed states – are locked in an intensifying security dilemma. China seems to have the upper […]
The Subcontinental Podcast – Episode 6 – A Conversation with Dr. Manoj Joshi
This episode of The Subcontinental podcast features guest Dr. Manoj Joshi. Joshi had a three-decade career in journalism with stints at The Times of India, The Hindustan Times, India Today, […]
Female Representation in the Parliament: What Pakistan Can Learn from India
Both India and Pakistan saw record-breaking representation of female legislators in their last elections. In India, more than 700 women contested seats in the Lok […]
Indo-U.S. Relations in 2019: Navigating Complex Differences
Just when it seemed that Indo-U.S. ties had attained a semblance of predictability, relations between the oldest and the largest democracies of the world are […]
کارگل کے بیس برس بعد؛ پاکستان کی ابدی میراث
سال رواں میں پاکستان اور بھارت کے مابین ۱۹۹۹ میں ہونے والے کارگل تنازعے کو رونما ہوئے دو دہائیاں پوری ہوئیں۔ ایٹمی تجربوں کے بعد […]
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کارگل جنگ کے دوران بھارتی سفارت کاری: کامیابی کی محدود میراث
کارگل کی جنگ کے دوران ملکی اور بین الاقوامی سطح پر بھارتی سفارتکاری میں اہم تبدیلیاں رونما ہوئیں۔۱۹۹۹ ء کے تیسرے ہفتے تک یہ بات […]
مودی 2.0 اور پاک بھارت تعلقات کے تین منظرنامے
نریندرمودی تاریخی کامیابی کے نتیجے میں ایک بار پھر وزارت عظمیٰ پر فائز ہوچکے ہیں جبکہ انکی جماعت بھارتیہ جنتا پارٹی ( بی جے پی) […]
The PTI’s Struggle to Govern Pakistan
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) continues to roll from one crisis to another. Even after ruling Pakistan for over nine months, the PTI government appears to […]
SAV Review: Is Pakistan’s Nuclear Strategy Stuck in Time?
In the aftermath of the Pulwama attack in February of this year, both India and Pakistan carried out a series of maneuvers with grave escalatory […]
How South Asia Plays the BRI Balancing Game
The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has fueled a passionate debate across South Asia on the promises and perils of China’s rapid rise across the […]
Post-Merger Inaction in FATA: Expectations vs. Reality
In May 2018, the Pakistani government passed a historic constitutional amendment that ended the semi-autonomous rule of its Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), abolished the […]
Shangri La Dialogue 2019: Key Takeaways for the Indo-Pacific
As expected, the United States-China trade war loomed over this year’s Shangri La Dialogue, held between May 31 and June 2 in Singapore. Without identifying […]
What Does the BJP’s Election Win Mean for Jammu and Kashmir?
It may be too early to predict what another Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government will mean for Jammu and Kashmir (J&K). […]
SAV Q&A: Harinder Baweja on the Unlearned Lessons of Kargil
This Q&A is part of an ongoing series in which SAV talks to scholars and practitioners to understand the trends and potential inflection points in […]
Use Environmental Diplomacy to Resolve the Sir Creek Dispute
Introduction The Sir Creek dispute concerns a 38-square-kilometer estuary near the ecologically significant Indus delta area south of the Rann of Kutch. The origins of […]
Enact a Restraint Regime on MIRV Flight-Testing in South Asia
A restraint regime on multiple independently targetable re-entry vehicle (MIRV) flight-testing becomes imperative at a time when strategic stability is decreasing in South Asia. India […]
India’s Iran Challenge: Balancing Energy Security and Foreign Policy
In May 2018, President Donald Trump decided to pull the United States out of the nuclear deal that the P5+1 nations had reached with Iran in July […]
BJP’s Return to Power & India’s Modi (fied) Foreign Policy
The Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has scored another landslide in the Indian general elections, five years after it won by a huge margin […]
Playing by No Rules: The Quagmire of India’s Refugee Policy
This past February, protesters in the Indian state of Assam burned down the offices of India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in response to a […]
No Indian BMD for No Pakistani MIRVs
Introduction Nuclear competition is gradually driving South Asia toward greater uncertainty and instability. The introduction of new weapons systems in the region indicates an emerging […]
Understanding Kargil’s Nuclear Factor: Lessons for Future Crises
In 2018, Syed Ali Zia Jaffery analyzed the Kargil war in order to evaluate the prospects of third-party crisis management and nuclear escalation during India-Pakistan […]
Addressing South Asia’s Fissile Material Conundrum
South Asia is witnessing a growing competition in conventional and nuclear capabilities. During the past two decades, India and Pakistan have added more than two […]
Assessing India’s Shift From SAARC to BIMSTEC
The recently re-elected Narendra Modi-led government in India is poised to continue its “neighborhood first” policy in its second term. However, there has been a […]
Indian Diplomacy during the Kargil War: Success with a Limited Legacy
The Kargil war marked a significant shift for Indian diplomacy at both the domestic and international levels. By the third week of May 1999, it […]
SAV Review: Analyzing Triadic Coercion in South Asia
On Feb. 14, 2019, a suicide bomber from the Islamist terrorist group, Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), attacked a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) caravan, resulting in one […]
جوہری ہتھیاروں کے انسانوں پراثرات اور بھارت- پاکستان مشترکہ اقدام
تعارف جوہری ہتھیاروں کے انسانوں پراثرات ( ایچ آئی این ڈبلیو) کے بارے میں عالمی سطح کی کوششیں اقوام متحدہ جنرل اسمبلی کی فرسٹ کمیٹی […]
چین سے تعلقات: بی آر آئی کے تناظر میں سری لنکا اور نیپال سے حاصل شدہ سبق
۲۰۱۳ میں جب سے چینی صدر شی جن پنگ نے بیلٹ اینڈ روڈ انیشیٹو ( بی آر آئی) کا آغاز کیا ہے، بھارتی اور مغربی […]
انسدادی قوت (”کاؤنٹر فورس“) کا جھانسہ اور اس کے خلاف مزاحمت
کر سٹوفر کلیری اور وپن نارنگ کا “انٹر نیشنل سیکورٹی” میگزین میں چھپنے والا مضمون “بھارت کا انسدادی قوت (”کاؤنٹر فورس“) کے حصول کا لالچ […]
Slow Boat to Nowhere? Indo-Pak Relations under Modi 2.0
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s first term began on a promising note for cross-border relations with his efforts to begin a dialogue process with Pakistan. However, […]
Join the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty’s International Monitoring System
Introduction China, India, and Pakistan are expanding and modernizing their nuclear arsenals. Historical tensions, unresolved border disputes, and high levels of mistrust are among the factors […]
Modi 2.0 and India’s Neighborhood First Policy: Walking the Talk?
In keeping with his “neighborhood first” policy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi toured the Maldives and Sri Lanka from June 8-9, the inaugural foreign visit of […]
Is China Walking on Thin Ice in South Asia?
Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is set to visit Beijing from July 3 to 5 to sign several agreements and memoranda of understanding (MoUs) with […]
Breaking the Impasse in U.S.-Taliban Talks
At an estimated accumulated cost of USD $975 billion from FY 2001 to FY 2019, the massive expenditure of both economic and political capital as […]
Three Scenarios for Indo-Pak Relations under Modi 2.0
In a historic win, Narendra Modi has won another term in office as prime minister of India while his party, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), […]
Breaking the Impasse: Direct Talks between Army Chiefs
Introduction India and Pakistan exemplify the changed character of warfare in the 21st century. They once fought conventional wars. Now they shadowbox under a nuclear […]
Two Decades After Kargil: Lasting Legacies for Pakistan
This year marks two decades since the Kargil conflict between Pakistan and India in 1999. A watershed event on the heels of nuclear tests, the […]
Time to Consider a Trilateral Asian ABM Treaty
Introduction At the height of the Cold War, the Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty was signed between two superpower rivals based on a counterintuitive logic: that […]
The Andaman Sea: India’s Geostrategic Gateway in the Indo-Pacific
In his speech at the Shangri-La Dialogue 2018, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi detailed India’s aspiration to cultivate an “open, stable, secure and prosperous Indo-Pacific” […]
پی پی پی ۱۸ویں ترمیم کے خاتمے سے خوفزدہ کیوں؟
حال ہی میں پاکستان پیپلز پارٹی ( پی پی پی) اس وقت شہہ سرخیوں کا حصہ بنی جب اس نے پاکستان تحریک انصاف کی حکومت […]