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.
دی ویلنگٹن ایکسپیریئنس: ایک جائزہ
کرنل ڈیوڈ او اسمتھ نے اپنی تازہ ترین کتاب ”دی ویلنگٹن ایکسپیریئنس: اے اسٹڈی آف دی ایٹی چیوڈ اینڈ ویلیوز ود ان دی انڈین آرمی“ […]
بھارتی فوج میں خطرے کا ادراک اور ترجیحات: ویلنگٹن ایکسپیریئنس کا ایک جائزہ
کرنل ریٹائرڈ ڈیوڈ او اسمتھ کی کتاب ”دی ویلنگٹن ایکسپیریئنس: اے اسٹڈی آف ایٹی چیوڈ اینڈ ویلیوز ود ان دی انڈین آرمی“ بھارتی فوج کے […]
Threat Perceptions and Priorities in the Indian Army: A Review of the Wellington Experience
Col. (retd.) David O. Smith’s The Wellington Experience: A Study of Attitudes and Values Within the Indian Army provides a critical assessment of the ethos and […]
Evolution and Consistency in the Pakistan Army: A Review of the Quetta Experience
Col. (retd.) David O. Smith’s work The Quetta Experience: A Study of Attitudes and Values Within Pakistan’s Army provides a comprehensive look at the evolution […]
Institutional Perspectives and Foreign Policy: A Review of The Quetta Experience
For observers of South Asian geopolitics, the Pakistan Army (PA) and its worldview have always been a subject of considerable intrigue. In the book, The […]
The Wellington Experience: An Appraisal
Colonel David O. Smith has adopted a unique methodology in writing his most recent book The Wellington Experience: A Study of the Attitudes and Values […]
SAV Review: The New Era of Counterforce in South Asia
In 2018, Sufian Ullah analyzed the role of expanding counterforce technologies in South Asia in light of Keir A. Lieber and Daryl G. Press’s International Security journal […]
SAV Review: How Much Does Nuclear Superiority Matter in South Asia?
The Start of a New Race for Nuclear Superiority? Over the past 72 years, India and Pakistan have fought three full-scale wars and had multiple […]
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 have witnessed multiple crises and near-misses, including escalating to the point of kinetic actions and […]
SAV Review: Is Pakistan’s Nuclear Strategy Stuck in Time?
In the aftermath of the Pulwama attack in February of this year, both India and Pakistan carried out a series of maneuvers with grave escalatory […]