Academic literature has the potential to produce theoretically-grounded and informed policymaking. In an ongoing series aimed at bridging the divide between policy analysis and academic scholarship, SAV contributors review recent articles and books published by leading scholars to evaluate the latest theoretical and analytical debates on strategic issues and their implications for South Asia.
Articles in Collection
SAV Review: Will India Ever Be Ready for the Indo-Pacific the Way the United States Wants it to Be?
The term Indo-Pacific has undoubtedly become a focal point of…
SAV Review: When Push Comes to Shove, Will India’s NFU Stand?
Editor's Note: This piece is a response to Reshmi Kazi's…
SAV Review: What Drives Doctrinal Change in the Indian Army?
In March 2018, the journal India Review published a special…
SAV Review: The People behind the Guns: The Relationship Between Cutting-edge Technology and Escalation
Since each country’s nuclear tests in 1998, India and Pakistan…
SAV Review: The New Era of Counterforce in South Asia
Instead of reducing reliance on nuclear capability as a step…
SAV Review: The New Era of Counterforce in South Asia
In 2018, Sufian Ullah analyzed the role of expanding counterforce technologies…
SAV Review: Resisting the Counterforce Temptation
Christopher Clary and Vipin Narang’s article “India’s Counterforce Temptations: Strategic…
SAV Review: Pakistan’s Nuclear History
Nuclear Pakistan continues to engender a great deal of academic…
SAV Review: Islamabad’s Sea-based Nuclear Gambit
The nuclearization of India and Pakistan since 1998 has dramatically…
SAV Review: Is Pakistan’s Nuclear Strategy Stuck in Time?
In the aftermath of the Pulwama attack in February of…
SAV Review: India’s No First Use Doctrine is Here to Stay
The use of nuclear weapons against a state’s adversary is…
SAV Review: How Much Does Nuclear Superiority Matter in South Asia?
The Start of a New Race for Nuclear Superiority? Over…
SAV Review: Flawed Narratives and Misperceptions About Pakistan’s Nasr Missile
The existing literature on Pakistan’s short-range, nuclear-capable ballistic missile (Hatf-IX)…
SAV Review: Evaluating the Normative Utility of the NWPT in South Asia
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, through its Doomsday Clock—the…
SAV Review: Analyzing Triadic Coercion in South Asia
On Feb. 14, 2019, a suicide bomber from the Islamist…
SAV Review: Advancing Without Attacking in India-Pakistan Conflict Dynamics
In a recent article, “Advancing without Attacking: The Strategic Game…
SAV Review: Acknowledging Washington’s Blind Eye
Diplomatic history consists of the narratives we learn and then…