SAV Review: The New Era of Counterforce in South Asia
In 2018, Sufian Ullah analyzed the role of expanding counterforce technologies in South Asia in light of Keir A. Lieber and Daryl G. Press’s International Security journal […]
Category: Arms Control
Convene a Joint Commission on the Consequences of a Nuclear War in South Asia
The nuclear arms race between India and Pakistan is intensifying, and with it, the possibility of a nuclear war. Both nuclear-armed states are developing new […]
Indian Hypersonic Weapons Bring New Challenges to South Asia
This summer, India somewhat successfully tested a weaponizable Hypersonic Technology Development Vehicle (HSTDV) off its eastern coast in the presence of Defense Minister Rajnath Singh. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Strategic Pivoting: How Superpowers Galvanize the Indo-Pak Arms Race
South Asia has evoked the attention, intervention, and strategic embrace of powerful international actors over the course of many decades. By virtue of their involvement, […]
بھارت-امریکہ جوہری معاہدے کے دس سال:پاکستان پر اثرات
۲۰۰۸ میں بھارت-امریکہ جوہری معاہدہ دونوں ملکوںــــ جو دنیا کی سب سے بڑی جمہوریتیں بھی ہیںـــ کے تعلقات میں ایک اہم موڑ ثابت ہوا۔جب اس […]
Deterrence Stability in South Asia: Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
In a 2014 article titled “To Sea or Not to Sea: A Nuclear Triad in South Asia,” I had argued that nuclear weapons at sea […]
SAV Review: The New Era of Counterforce in South Asia
Instead of reducing reliance on nuclear capability as a step towards disarmament, nuclear weapons states have been steadily modernizing their nuclear forces. Offensive nuclear postures, […]