South Asia

Current Research

• The State of Pakistan

  The Stimson Center's South Asia program devotes considerable attention to the state of Pakistan, including US-Pakistan ties. Stimson's emphasis on outreach and access to key officials in

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• 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 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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• South Asia Visiting Fellows Program

  Stimson's Visiting Fellows program began in 1993 with private foundation support from the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, with subsequent support from the Rockefeller Foundation and the Carnegie

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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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