Pakistan’s Full-Spectrum Deterrence: Trends and Trajectories
Twenty years ago, the government of Pakistan decided to respond in kind to India’s nuclear tests in May 1998. Pakistan conducted six nuclear explosions to […]
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Strategic Pivoting: How Superpowers Galvanize the Indo-Pak Arms Race
South Asia has evoked the attention, intervention, and strategic embrace of powerful international actors over the course of many decades. By virtue of their involvement, […]
Assessing the U.S.-India Nuclear Deal Ten Years Later: Symbolism and Substance
On October 8, 2008, President George W. Bush signed the United States-India Nuclear Cooperation Approval and Nonproliferation Enhancement Act into law. Two days later, a […]
The U.S.-India Nuclear Deal Ten Years On: The View from Washington
The 2008 civil nuclear deal is the most important episode in U.S.-India relations in at least three decades. From the perspective of the United States, […]
Sans Dialogue, Is South Asia on the Brink of War?
The current political environment between India and Pakistan is not a harbinger for peace. There was hope that the newly-elected Imran Khan government in Pakistan […]
SAV Review: India’s No First Use Doctrine is Here to Stay
The use of nuclear weapons against a state’s adversary is a critical component of deterrence policy. Understanding the importance of this, India adheres to a […]
Brokering Peace in Nuclear South Asia: Crisis Management and Bargaining Frameworks
Nuclear South Asia attracts frequent international attention owing to the rivalry between the nuclear armed states, unresolved disputes, porous borders, and recurrent crises. These crises […]
Maintaining Nuclear Peace through Third Parties: Implications for South Asia
Strategic literature has generally posited that in crisis moments the goal of nuclear rivals is to deter direct attacks. This has been termed as a […]
India, Pakistan, and the Tussle of Escalation Dominance
The cancellation of a meeting between the Indian and Pakistani foreign ministers that was to be held on the sidelines of the United Nations General […]
Deterrence Stability in South Asia: Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
In a 2014 article titled “To Sea or Not to Sea: A Nuclear Triad in South Asia,” I had argued that nuclear weapons at sea […]