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After New START: What the End of U.S.-Russia Arms Control Means for South Asia
The expiration of the New START agreement marks the end of the last bilateral treaty regulating the world’s two largest nuclear arsenals. Signed in 2010 and extended in 2021, New START capped deployed strategic warheads and delivery systems and provided…
India and the Debate on Explosive Nuclear Testing: Strategic Opportunity or Costly Mistake?
Recent remarks by U.S. President Donald Trump about the necessity to resume explosive nuclear testing have sparked a global debate on the legacy of Cold War-era nuclear testing and the crumbling global nuclear order. Trump’s claim that several countries—including Pakistan—have…
Signed but Undefined: Contextualizing the Pak-Saudi Mutual Defense Agreement
After decades of partnership, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan have officially signed a “strategic mutual defense agreement.” The joint statement, issued on September 17, identified “shared strategic interests,” among other factors, as providing the impetus for the agreement, which aims to…
दक्षिण एशिया में हथियार नियंत्रण हेतु द्विपक्षीय परामर्शदात्री निकाय महत्त्वपूर्ण हैं
2008 के बाद, भारत और पाकिस्तान ने महत्त्वपूर्ण द्विपक्षीय शस्त्र/हथियार नियंत्रण वार्ता नहीं की है, जो 1980 केदशक के बाद से ऐसी चर्चाओं के बिना सबसे लंबी अवधि है। इस विलम्ब के दो प्रशंसनीय नीतिगत स्पष्टीकरण हैं:प्रथम, भारत और पाकिस्तान…
Kargil’s Myths and Realities: A Pakistani Perspective
Twenty five years have passed since Pakistan and India clashed along the Line of Control in a limited terrain in what has come to be known, incorrectly, as the Kargil War. However, the misnaming of that armed conflict as “war”…
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…