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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? Geopolitics & Diplomacy

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? Nuclear Issues

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? Defense & Security

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 Nuclear Issues

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 Nuclear Issues

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 Nuclear Issues

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 Nuclear Issues

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 Issues

SAV Review: Pakistan’s Nuclear History

Nuclear Pakistan continues to engender a great deal of academic…

SAV Review: Islamabad’s Sea-based Nuclear Gambit Nuclear Issues

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? Nuclear Issues

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 Nuclear Issues

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? Nuclear Issues

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 Nuclear Issues

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 Nuclear Issues

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 Defense & Security

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 Geopolitics & Diplomacy

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 Nuclear Issues

SAV Review: Acknowledging Washington’s Blind Eye

Diplomatic history consists of the narratives we learn and then…