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For Arms Control to Thrive in South Asia, a Bilateral Consultative Body is Crucial
India and Pakistan have not held significant bilateral arms control talks since 2008, constituting the longest period without such discussions since the 1980s. There are two plausible policy explanations for this. First, India and Pakistan typically discuss arms control as…
Mapping the Prospect of Arms Control in South Asia
Once considered a factor of stability during the height of the Cold War, the global arms control architecture is now all but crumbling. In South Asia, arms control has always remained elusive, and the prospects for the future seem slimmer…
امریکہ چین تزویراتی مقابلہ اور جنوبی ایشیا میں ہتھیاروں کی دوڑ
حالیہ برسوں میں، واشنگٹن نے چین کو اپنے "سب سے بڑے تزویراتی حریف" کے طور پر بیان کیا ہے اور بیجنگ کے بڑھتے ہوئے اثر و رسوخ کا مقابلہ کرنے کے لیے زیادہ جارحانہ پالیسی اختیار کی ہے۔ اگرچہ داخلی…
Is It Time for India to Rethink its Nuclear Strategy?
India’s nuclear strategy is guided by Credible Minimum Deterrence (CMD), which underscores the country’s No First Use (NFU) policy with second-strike capability. Although this policy has remained consistent since its inception, serving government officials and defense experts have questioned India’s…
Maritime Modernization Threatens Deterrence in South Asia
The Arabian Sea and the Indian Ocean are becoming complex matrixes of military ambitions amid recent shifts by India and Pakistan to acquire new naval platforms, emphasizing the growing strategic importance of the Indian Ocean’s Sea Lines of Communication (SLOCs).…
U.S.-China Strategic Competition and the Resulting Arms Race in South Asia
In recent years, Washington has described China as its “greatest strategic competitor” and adopted a more aggressive policy to counter Beijing’s growing influence. While U.S. domestic audiences have largely applauded Washington’s more assertive stance, escalating tensions between the United States…