
Revisiting India-Pakistan Nuclear CBMs
In May 2016, the South Asian Voices series “18 Years On: Examining the State of India-Pakistan Nuclear CBMs,” asked contributors to explore the effectiveness of […]
In May 2016, the South Asian Voices series “18 Years On: Examining the State of India-Pakistan Nuclear CBMs,” asked contributors to explore the effectiveness of […]
In 2000, Brigadier Gurmeet Kanwal (retired) wrote engaging piece on the question of whether India needed tactical nuclear weapons (TNWs). The erudite soldier-scholar presented valid arguments […]
Introduction India and Pakistan have witnessed multiple crises since their overt nuclearization in 1998. Although the two countries fought three major wars before their respective […]
The failure to commercialize the 2005 India-U.S. Civil Nuclear Deal remains a blot on the otherwise flourishing and widening India-U.S. relationship. The deal, which was […]
The state of nuclear danger in Southern Asia, as elsewhere, depends fundamentally on the state of political relations between rivals. Rivals can and do cooperate […]
In 2018, Joy Mitra examined the role of the BrahMos missile system in India’s deterrence posture towards China and the potential ramifications this might have […]
The recent Ladakh military standoff between India and China has drawn significant concern and coverage due to its escalatory nature and the increasingly tense relationship […]
The Trump administration’s decision to abandon two key bilateral arms control pacts with Russia, the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Force Treaty (INF) and recently the Open Skies […]
In 2017 Sobia Paracha examined the role of civil society in reducing nuclear risks globally and in South Asia. In light of the recent 75th […]
In South Asia, the maritime dimension is a recent development in the nuclear deterrent calculations between Pakistan and India. While India’s naval nuclear program has […]
The detention and subsequent seizure of an autoclave onboard a Chinese ship en route to Pakistan made headlines in February. India’s Defense Research and Development […]
This month marks 22 years since the nuclearization of India and Pakistan. These last 22 years have seen multiple Indo-Pak crises, each evoking at least […]
Submarine-based nuclear capabilities are considered the most survivable leg of a nuclear triad. While conventional submarines are constrained by their fuel requirements and limited underwater […]
The entire world has been in the grip of the novel coronavirus for more than a couple of months now. The end of this fight […]
I. Introduction South Asia’s security landscape is intricate and dangerous. Two nuclear weapon states, India and Pakistan, stand locked and loaded on a long and […]
In 2018, Sannia Abdullah analyzed Pakistan’s evolving force posture and outlined what is entailed in Pakistan’s nuclear doctrine of full-spectrum deterrence. With some analysts maintaining […]
In the midst of tensions between India and Pakistan, and days before the first anniversary of the Pulwama-Balakot Crisis, Pakistan’s Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) announced […]