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.
October 6, 2021
Cricket has the capacity to be a normalization tool between India and Pakistan.
October 1, 2021
While India may have to react and even retaliate, it can do so with dispassionate compulsion to contain fallout to a setback rather than a full-blown crisis.
September 22, 2021
Deputy Director, former diplomat, takes helm in planned transition
September 14, 2021
CAATSA sanctions ultimately threaten U.S. interests by undermining India’s capabilities to defend the rules-based order and willingness to deeply coordinate with the United States in the Indo-Pacific.
September 12, 2021
A former Afghan interpreter and diplomat explain what might lie ahead for Afghanistan after nearly two decades of war.
August 28, 2021
Beyond the limited aims, the most the U.S. and the international community can hope for is to strike a difficult balance between pressure and engagement.
August 24, 2021
Elizabeth Threlkeld joins the Warcast to discuss the future of Taliban-Pakistan ties
August 17, 2021
