The Strategic Learning initiative offers free online courses that aim to sharpen analysts’ understanding of strategic concepts in Southern Asia and beyond. By developing interactive online courses and exclusive video lectures, we make diverse viewpoints from experts around the world accessible for our community of engaged “strategic learners.”
In addition to courses, Strategic Learning releases exclusive expert interviews on our YouTube channel and social media platforms, produces multimedia explainer articles on strategic concepts and current developments, and engages directly with universities and other institutions for workshops and discussions.
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By explaining concepts and providing access to a wide range of expert viewpoints, we help students and analysts improve their analytical skills and knowledge on matters of deterrence and strategy.
Course Catalogue
This course evaluates the technical requirements, policy drivers, emerging trends, and risks related to maritime security in the Indian Ocean Region.
This course deep dives into missile technologies—what they are, how they work, and what they mean for strategic competition—in the context of China, India, and Pakistan.
This course goes beyond academic theory and policy jargon to offer students the analytical tools necessary to assess the roles that coercion and deterrence play in Southern Asia.
This course goes beyond the India-Pakistan dyad to study deterrence relationships in the context of a larger strategic chain that includes China and the United States.
Additional Research
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Exploring Pakistan’s strategy for navigating a complex regional security environment and shifting paradigms in conventional conflicts and the global nuclear order
Naeem Salik
• Elizabeth Threlkeld
Explainer
Video interviews with experts on strategic and technical dimensions of air defense
Betzalel Newman
• Jupiter Huang
Video
Exploring India’s nuclear posture and modernization efforts in a changing regional security environment with two nuclear-armed adversaries
Rajesh Kumar
• Elizabeth Threlkeld
Video
Tong Zhao joins Stimson senior fellow Daniel Markey for a conversation unpacking China’s nuclear modernization effort
Tong Zhao
• Daniel Markey
Video
Feroz Hassan Khan joins Elizabeth Threlkeld for a conversation on the concept of limited war and the future of strategy in South Asia
Feroz Hassan Khan
• Elizabeth Threlkeld
Explainer
Video interviews with experts on the technologies and strategies of drone warfare
Betzalel Newman
• Jupiter Huang
Video
Dr. Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopaln joins Elizabeth Threlkeld for a conversation reflecting on lessons from the May India-Pakistan Crisis
Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan
• Elizabeth Threlkeld
Explainer
South Asia’s digital future: insights on cyber strategy, crisis response, and diplomacy