Sharing Nuclear Information
Voluntary information-sharing declarations can be a communication tool for nuclear-armed states with the potential to strengthen global security and stability. Declarations can help states send […]
Category: CBMs
Launching an Expanded Missile Flight-Test Notification Regime
China, India, and Pakistan are engaged in a nuclear competition of growing intensity. The increased range and destructive capacity of regional ballistic-missile-delivery vehicles means that […]
Modernize the South Asia Nuclear Facility “Non-Attack” Agreement
Introduction On January 1, 2017, Indian and Pakistani diplomats exchanged official lists of the nuclear facilities located in their respective countries. According to news accounts […]
South Asia Needs CBMs More Than Ever
In 2017, Yasir Hussain assessed opportunities to implement new bilateral confidence building measures (CBMs) to reduce nuclear risk between India and Pakistan. His words, republished […]
A Joint India-Pakistan Initiative on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons
Introduction Efforts under the international initiative on the humanitarian impact of nuclear weapons (HINW) led to adoption of Resolution L.41 by the First Committee of […]
Ten Years of the Indo-U.S. Civilian Nuclear Agreement: Implications for Pakistan
The Indo-U.S. civilian nuclear agreement of 2008 marked a turning point in the history of relationship between India and the United States, the two largest […]
بھارت کی بحری نیوکلرائزیشن :بحرانی استحکام پر اثرات
بین الاقوامی بڑی طاقتیں بحرِ ہند میں تزویراتی برتری حاصل کرنے کےلئے کئی سالوں سے جوہری آبدوزیں بھیج رہی ہیں۔ حال ہی میں بحرِ ہند […]
Did Domestic Politics Drive India and Pakistan’s Ceasefire?
After years of continuous exchange of fire along the Line of Control (LoC) in the disputed region of Kashmir, India and Pakistan renewed their ceasefire […]
Twenty Years into Nuclear South Asia: Pathways to Stability
Amidst the regional optimism in South Asia that immediately followed the February 1999 Lahore Declaration, few scholars and analysts of the time would have predicted […]
Twenty Years into Nuclear South Asia: Mitigating Dangers Together
Twenty years ago this month, India and Pakistan conducted nuclear tests in Pokhran (Rajasthan) and Chagai (Balochistan) respectively. Expectedly, the tests sparked international opprobrium, followed […]