Nowhere is the risk of strategic instability and nuclear exchange greater than in South Asia. Should South Asia succumb to arms races, crises, and war, the region could play a destabilizing role well beyond the Subcontinent. The South Asia program produces policy analysis and academic research on regional strategic trends and geopolitical dynamics in order to inform both policy debates and scholarly work. We believe this dispassionate, reasoned approach is vital to generating high-quality strategic thinking that will advance regional and global stability.
The program also focuses its efforts on partnering with the next generation of South Asian analysts and policymakers to build better tools for regional stewardship and enduring relationships for deliberative engagement. We seek to foster space for respectful dialogue and debate for all those who seek it, be they rising scholars, contemporary experts, or even government officials from New Delhi, Islamabad, Washington DC, and Beijing.
Assessing international legal regimes for nuclear security, and propose new measures to protect nuclear facilities in an armed conflict
February 28, 2023
The United States’ lack of focus on the Indian Ocean undermines the Indo-Pacific Strategy’s goals
February 3, 2023
Nuclear-weapons states need to focus on nuclear risk reduction measures as the necessary way forward
January 27, 2023
Examining how escalating tensions between the United States and China impact rivalries in South Asia
January 20, 2023
Islamabad must ensure that the IMF program incorporates local realities and institutes methods to promote self-sufficiency in the long term
December 13, 2022
From the January 2022 summit to the recent NSA meeting, India has ramped up its outreach to Central Asia this year
December 10, 2022
With deft diplomacy, New Delhi can build a common framework rooted in basic norms and shared expectations, thereby providing much-needed substance to the G20 summitry
December 9, 2022
More about the context and implications of the shooting that wounded the former Pakistani Prime Minister
November 4, 2022
