Confidence-Building Measures
Confidence-Building Measures (CBMs) are diverse arrangements -- such as hotlines, people-to-people exchanges, and prior notifications of military exercises -- that can help reduce tensions and promote good neighborly relations. Communication, constraint, transparency, and verification measures are the primary tools. They are designed to make the behavior of states more predictable by facilitating communication among states and establishing rules or patterns of behavior for states' military forces.
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January 30, 2013
Toby Dalton on “Beyond Incrementalism: Rethinking Approaches to CBMs and Stability in South Asia”
The Stimson Center is releasing today an essay by Toby Dalton entitled "Beyond Incrementalism: Rethinking Approaches to CBMs and Stability in South Asia." Dalton is the Deputy Director
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October 23, 2012
Raghavan on Reducing Nuclear Risks in South Asia
General V.R. Raghavan, the founder of the Delhi Policy Group and the Centre for Security Analysis in Chennai, gave a talk in Washington on October 19, 2012, co-sponsored by Stimson,
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September 20, 2012
South Asia Confidence-Building Measures (CBM) Timeline
Stimson's South Asia program maintains this timeline chronicling Confidence-Building Measures (CBMs) made in South Asia since 1988, and updates it regularly with new events, agreements,
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May 12, 2011
Coordinating Global Priorities Amidst the Financial Crisis
With today’s tough financial reality, the international community is hard-pressed in meeting both national security and global development objectives as policymakers around the world
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April 15, 2011
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Michael Krepon
Learning from South Asia’s Many Crises
Editor’s note: The Carnegie Endowment convened its 2011 International Nuclear Policy Conferenceon March 28-29 in Washington, D.C. This essay is an adaptation and condensation of the
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