The new report released today “A Normal Nuclear Pakistan” takes a hard look at Pakistan’s nuclear weapon related programs and its ambitions to be viewed as a normal state possessing advanced nuclear technologies. Pakistan’s military leadership in Rawal …
A commercial pathway for Pakistan to join the mainstream in the global nuclear order is highly unlikely. Pakistan’s leaders must therefore consider nuclear weapon-related initiatives that could facilitate mainstreaming, while also strengthening nonprol …
Deterrence in South Asia is becoming less stable with the passage of time and an increase in nuclear weapon capabilities. India and Pakistan have not addressed basic issues in dispute, nor have they agreed to set them aside. In 2015, the two countries …
The Stimson Center’s South Asia program welcomed Robert L. Grenier for a discussion of his new book, “88 Days to Kandahar: A CIA Diary.” The conversation with Co-Director of Stimson’s South Asia program Joshua T. White focused on Grenier’s tenure from …
Deterrence between India and Pakistan is becoming less stable with the passage of time and an increase in nuclear weapon capabilities. India and Pakistan have not addressed basic issues in dispute, nor have they agreed to set them aside. Direct trade a …
On May 8, 2014, the Stimson Center’s South Asia Program hosted a luncheon discussion featuring Dr. Manoj Joshi, Distinguished Fellow at the Observer Research Foundation. The talk focused on new challenges to deterrence stability in South Asia. Dr. Josh …
The triumphant return of a Bharatiya Janata Party government in India after a contentious campaign season has raised questions about revising India’s nuclear posture, India-Pakistan relations, and regional stability with the draw-down of U.S. forces in …
By Jeffrey D. McCausland: The Stimson Center will release a new collection of essays in April, Deterrence Instability and Nuclear Weapons in South Asia. One of these essays, “Pakistan’s Tactical Nuclear Weapons: Operational Myths and Realities,” by Jef …
The world is in a second nuclear age in which regional powers play an increasingly prominent role. These states have moderately sized nuclear arsenals, often face multiple active conflicts, and sometimes have weak institutions. How do these nuclear sta …
India and Pakistan have developed and flight tested seventeen new nuclear weapon delivery vehicles since testing nuclear devices in 1998 – an average of more than one per year. Military doctrines have also evolved to emphasize more rapid mobiliza …
The discussion is part of Stimson’s ongoing series of strategic stability on the subcontinent. Featured Speakers: Polly Nayak, independent consultant; senior expert on South Asia security issues Lt. Gen. Vinay Shankar, (Ret.), Member, Council of the Un …
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 of the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for In …
The Stimson Center is releasing today an essay by Michael Krepon on “Pakistan’s Nuclear Strategy and Deterrence Stability.” Krepon argues that it will be hard to dampen the growth of Pakistan’s considerable and growing nuclear arsenal because few …
In “Confidence-building Measures in South Asia,” Samina Yasmeen and Aabha Dixit argue that the current emphasis on the military dimension of CBM’s is far too narrow to lessen Indo-Pakistani friction. This approach is unlikely to alleviate the “enemy im …
The essays in this collection describe an unsettled security environment in southern Asia. Concerns about stability on the Subcontinent now focus primarily on Pakistan’s internal troubles and future direction, as well as on India’s missile programs, wh …
Today, a widely shared premise in India and Pakistan is that possession of nuclear weapons provides the ultimate guarantee of national security and stability. Not maintaining a nuclear capability, it is argued, amounts to dropping one’s defenses and in …
India and Pakistan could benefit greatly from the establishment of Nuclear Risk Reduction Centers according to a report released by the Henry L. Stimson Center. The Stimson Center’s report, Pakistan and India: Can NRRCs Help to Strengthen Peace?, was a …
There is no better place than Wagah to look for evidence of how badly India-Pakistan relations have eroded. Wagah is the only legally permissible place where, between the hours of 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM, border crossings on foot can be made, with the prop …
PAKISTAN TESTIMONY OF MICHAEL KREPON CO-FOUNDER, THE STIMSON CENTER BEFORE THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS MAY 5, 2011 MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE: THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME TO TESTIFY ABOUT PAKISTAN. I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON N …
The stereotype of Muslim Indians is that of a relatively quiescent minority that has made its peace with its larger national non-Muslim context of contemporary India. Muslim Indians see something larger. They are heirs to a millenium long civilization, …
On the heels of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s state visit to Washington and on the eve of the Copenhagen summit, we invite you to the launch of the Stimson Center’s latest publication, Indian Climate Policy: Choices and Challenges. In this new s …
Published December 4, 2009 / Held December 4, 2009
In order to negotiate effectively on an international regime for climate change, US policymakers must have an accurate understanding of the constraints and considerations that determine the negotiating positions of key countries. India plays a pivotal …
Published November 12, 2009 / Held November 12, 2009
By Alex Stolar – Pakistan is grappling with multiple crises simultaneously: a political crisis to determine an arrangement of governance in which President Pervez Musharraf seeks to share, but continues to exercise power; a resilient and growing i …
The Twin Peaks crisis was prompted by a brazen attack by militants on the Indian Parliament building in New Delhi in December 2001. The second peak in the crisis occured in May 2002, with an attack by militants in Jammu. The Bush administration’s crisi …
In this Stimson Center Book, Michael Krepon calls on the United States to replace the Cold War era strategy of Mutually Assured Destruction with a balanced approach combining cooperative threat reduction, disarmament treaties, and theater missile defen …