South Asia

Current Research

• Deterrence Stability and Reducing Nuclear Dangers in South Asia

  

  India and Pakistan are the only two states possessing nuclear weapons that used to fire upon each other's forces on a routine basis. These firefights along the Line of Control dividing

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• Crisis Management in South Asia

  

  Since acquiring nuclear weapon capabilities, India and Pakistan have been beset by a series of crises triggered by large-scale military exercises, a major initiative by Pakistani military

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• Confidence-Building and Nuclear Risk-Reduction Measures in South Asia

  

  Nuclear dangers grew on the subcontinent after India and Pakistan tested nuclear devices in 1998. Nuclear deterrence theorists have a term for this phenomenon: the "stability-instability

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• A Rising Generation of Strategic Analysts in Pakistan and India

  

  Stimson has had a longstanding interest in nurturing talent and in networking a rising generation of strategic analysts in Pakistan and India.  Our two core programming elements are

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• The Unfinished Crisis: US Crisis Management after the 2008 Mumbai Attacks

  This case study is the first detailed account of US crisis management after the 2008 Mumbai attacks, one that will no doubt be amplified by future first-person accounts and the release of

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• Crises in South Asia: Trends and Consequences

  To paraphrase Raymond Aron, crises have become the substitute of wars between nuclear-armed states. This corollary to nuclear deterrence applies to South Asia, where Pakistan and India have

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• Resources on the US-India Nuclear Initiative

  The U.S.-India 123 Agreement

  • On August 3, 2007, the State Department released the text of the Agreement for Cooperation Between the Government of the United States of America and the

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