Sans Dialogue, Is South Asia on the Brink of War?
The current political environment between India and Pakistan is not a harbinger for peace. There was hope that the newly-elected Imran Khan government in Pakistan […]
Brokering Peace in Nuclear South Asia: Crisis Management and Bargaining Frameworks
Nuclear South Asia attracts frequent international attention owing to the rivalry between the nuclear armed states, unresolved disputes, porous borders, and recurrent crises. These crises […]
تیسری قوت کے ذریعےجوہری امن کو برقرار رکھنا: جنوبی ایشیا کےلئے اثرات
تزویراتی لٹریچر یہ بتاتا ہے کہ کشیدگی کے اوقات میں جوہری دشمنوں کا مقصد براہِ راست حملے کو ڈیٹر کرنا (روکنا) ہے۔ اسے دوطرفہ ڈیٹرنس […]
Maintaining Nuclear Peace through Third Parties: Implications for South Asia
Strategic literature has generally posited that in crisis moments the goal of nuclear rivals is to deter direct attacks. This has been termed as a […]
India, Pakistan, and the Tussle of Escalation Dominance
The cancellation of a meeting between the Indian and Pakistani foreign ministers that was to be held on the sidelines of the United Nations General […]
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 […]
Towards a Bilateral India-Pakistan Climate Framework
Climate change—the alteration of global temperatures and weather patterns because of human activity—is one of the biggest challenges facing the world today, and South Asia […]
The India-Afghanistan-US Triangle Under Trump
The past year has seen successive attempts of strategic evolution by the United States to end the war in Afghanistan and revamp its influence in […]
بھارت کے ساتھ تعلقات کی بہتری: پاکستان کی معاشی ترقی کےلئے ناگزیر
۲۵ جولائی کو انتخابات میں کامیابی کے بعد تقریر میں وزیراعظم عمران خان نے بھارت کے ساتھ تعلقات میں بہتری، تجارتی راستے کھولنے اور کشمیر […]
Brokering Peace in Nuclear South Asia: Challenges of a Multipolar World
The Cold War witnessed multiple crises moments, involving both direct and indirect confrontation, between the United States and the Soviet Union under a nuclear overhang. […]