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 […]
Mansoor Ahmed
Dr. Mansoor Ahmed is a Lecturer in the Department of Defense and Strategic Studies (DSS), Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU), Islamabad. He holds a Ph.D in International Relations from QAU. He has also served as visiting faculty in the Department of Strategic and Nuclear Studies, National Defense University, Islamabad, from 2009-2010. He was a Visiting Research Scholar, Cooperative Monitoring Center, Sandia National Laboratories (August-December, 2013). His research interests include various aspects of Pakistan's nuclear program, primarily its evolution and technical development through several decades, and nuclear non-proliferation and arms control issues with special reference to South Asia. In the past two years, he has been engaged in different Track-II dialogues and initiatives related to arms control and nuclear issues in South Asia and has national and international publications to his credit.
Articles by Mansoor Ahmed
The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action: Breakout from the Iranian Nuclear Crisis
The landmark framework agreement reached between Iran and the P5+1 countries last week appears to be the most successful manifestation of international nuclear diplomacy of […]
The Iranian Nuclear Conundrum and the NPT
For four decades, the nuclear nonproliferation regime has been rooted in the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT). The treaty has proven to be a success in […]
Reactors, Reprocessing & Centrifuges: India’s Enduring Embrace of Fissile Material
India has traditionally relied on plutonium for developing nuclear weapons – which was used in its Pokhran-I 1974 test and in the Pokhran-II tests conducted […]
The Colombo Confidence Building Process: New Missile CBMs for South Asia
By: Mansoor Ahmed and Abhijit Iyer-Mitra Ever since India and Pakistan went nuclear in rapid succession in 1998, their paths to weaponisation and doctrine have […]
Pakistan’s Nuclear Trajectory: Punching Below its Weight – Part 2 of 2
Part 2 of a response to “Pakistan’s Red-Carpet Treatment,” Part 1 of this piece appears here. When Pakistan attempts to consolidate its strategic forces and […]
Pakistan’s Nuclear Trajectory: Punching Below its Weight – Part 1 of 2
Mansoor Ahmed offers a response to “Pakistan’s Red-Carpet Treatment“ Pakistan’s nuclear program has been at the center of attention for nonproliferation pundits for several decades […]
Proactive Operations and Massive Retaliation: Whither Deterrence Stability?
Ever since India’s 1974 nuclear test, South Asia has witnessed nuclear signaling on various occasions, often couched in nationalist rhetoric and sabre rattling, especially during […]