25 years after Washington briefly ended security cooperation with India and Pakistan over their tit-for-tat nuclear testing, a look at the U.S. arms relationship with both countries
Join us for a discussion of Dr. Aditi Malhotra’s new book India in the Indo-Pacific: Understanding India’s Security Orientation Towards Southeast and East Asia. This conversation will explore the drivers of India’s growing strategic role in the In …
Published January 13, 2023 / Held January 23, 2023
The U.S.-India Strategic Dialogue convened Indian and American national security experts to offer insight on strategic cooperation in the Indo-Pacific.
Read the full event transcript here. Highlights Dr. Asad Majeed Khan, a career Pakistan foreign service officer, assumed his current position as Pakistani ambassador to the United States in January 2019. During a diplomatic career spanning nearly three …
Published February 3, 2021 / Held February 19, 2021
Speakers Atif Ahmad, Researcher Avasna Pandey, Program Manager, Centre for Investigative Journalism-Nepal Nilanthi Samaranayake, Strategy and Policy Analysis Director, Center for New American Security Akriti Vasudeva, Editor-at-Large, South Asian Voice …
Published November 18, 2020 / Held December 7, 2020
China’s growing capability and influence across the Indo-Pacific provokes pressing questions for U.S. strategy in the region. With Asia undergoing major power transitions and advances in military technology potentially shifting the offense-defense bala …
Published October 24, 2019 / Held November 7, 2019
After India re-elected Narendra Modi as Prime Minister in May 2019 in a landslide victory, President Trump congratulated him, tweeting that “great things are in store for the US-India partnership with the return of PM Modi at the helm.” In June, A …
Frank ODonnell focuses on the intersection of China, India and Pakistan, discussing the relationship of the three states and the danger of escalating tensions when all are armed with nuclear weapons.
Infrastructure needs in developing Asia are vast: the Asian Development Bank estimates that $26 trillion is needed through 2030. Bridging this infrastructure gap will require significantly increased engagement and public spending from governments, assi …
“Southern (Dis)Comfort” is a special series from War on the Rocks and the Stimson Center that seeks to unpack the dynamics of intensifying competition—military, economic, diplomatic—in Southern Asia, principally among China, India, Pakistan, and the Un …
Sameer Lalwani contributed a chapter to an April 2019 report from the German Marshall Fund US, Mind the Gap: National Views of The Free and Open Indo-Pacific. When the eighth iteration of the Young Strategists Forum (YSF) took place in January 20 …
by Travis Wheeler Travis Wheeler is a nuclear security fellow on Capitol Hill as part of the Nuclear Security Working Group’s Congressional Fellowship Program. He previously served as a research associate in the Stimson Center’s South Asia Program, whe …
WITH the third meeting within a year of the quadrilateral security dialogue, or ‘Quad’, between officials from Australia, India, Japan, and the United States, bullish analysis suggests the Quad is a formation that is evolving but enduring. After weathe …
In 2004, Australia, India, Japan, and the U.S. worked together to respond to the devastating Indian Ocean tsunami. In 2007, these four countries formed the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue – the Quad – seeking to deepen their cooperation, only to disban …
In this piece, O’Donnell discusses the security concerns of the Belt and Road Initiative, the new ‘security guarantee’ principle and possible responses to the BRI. O’Donnell’s opinions are his own and do not necessarily represent those of the Departmen …