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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…
CAATSA or no CAATSA: India Needs Time to Leave Russia’s Side
Russia’s decision to pursue military intervention in Ukraine has evoked severe criticism and anti-Russia sentiments from across the world and has resulted in Moscow’s global isolation. The West, led by the United States, has imposed crippling sanctions on Moscow and…
Pulwama/Balakot and The Evolving Role of Third Parties in India-Pakistan Crises
Introduction India and Pakistan have witnessed multiple crises since their overt nuclearization in 1998. Although the two countries fought three major wars before their respective nuclear tests, the presence of nuclear weapons made post-1998 crises more dangerous and drew global…
اسلحے کی روک تھام کے ضابطوں کی منسوخی: جنوبی ایشیا میں ڈیٹرنس اور سلامتی پر اثرات
ٹرمپ انتظامیہ کی جانب سے روس کے ساتھ اسلحے کی روک تھام کے دو کلیدی معاہدوں انٹرمیڈیٹ رینج نیوکلیئر فورس ٹریٹی (آئی این ایف) اور حال ہی میں اوپن سکائیز ٹریٹی (او ایس ٹی) سے دستبرداری کے فیصلے نے اسلحے…
Unraveling of Arms Control Norms: Impact on Security and Deterrence in South Asia
The Trump administration’s decision to abandon two key bilateral arms control pacts with Russia, the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Force Treaty (INF) and recently the Open Skies Treaty (OST), is calling into question the arms control and non-proliferation norms which have long…
Civil Society Mobilization for Reducing Nuclear Risks in South Asia
In 2017 Sobia Paracha examined the role of civil society in reducing nuclear risks globally and in South Asia. In light of the recent 75th anniversary of Trinity test – the world's first nuclear explosion – her words, reproduced below,…