This panel explored the difficulties of sustaining strategic stability within the China-India-Pakistan triangle. Pertinent recent developments include the accidental Indian launch of a cruise missile into Pakistan, as arguably the first time that a state has fired a nuclear-capable missile into the territory of its nuclear rival. Meanwhile, naval nuclear force developments include Pakistan’s acquisition of Chinese submarines for dual-use missions, generating inadvertent escalation risk. This panel also explored further deterrence stability challenges such as emerging drone and cyber technologies, evaluated how great power competition affects third-party crisis mediation, and discussed potential confidence-building measures to reduce dangers within this increasingly unpredictable strategic competition.
Beenish Pervaiz, Doctoral Candidate, Brown University
Sylvia Mishra, Senior Nuclear Policy Associate, Institute for Security and Technology and Nonresident Fellow, Stimson
Tong Zhao, Senior Fellow, Nuclear Policy Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Elizabeth Threlkeld, Director, South Asia Program, Stimson Center
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