The Balakot Crisis Revisited: A Chinese Perspective
…often muddled and differed from source to source, but one thing was clear: the incident and Pakistan’s tit-for-tat airstrikes soon after fueled a dramatic crisis between New Delhi and Islamabad….
CORVI Risk Assessment: Western Province, Sri Lanka
…“Can Nature-Based Solutions Be an Answer to the Climate Crisis?” 104 Pallavi Pundir, “Ninety Percent of Sri Lanka’s Coral Reefs Are Dead,” Vice News, July 9, 2019, https://www.vice.com/en/article/3k3mwn/ninety-percent-of-sri-lankas-coral-reefs-are-dead. 105 Hong…
Nuclear South Asia: Three Years After the February 2019 Kashmir Crisis
…ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) the INS Arihant—during the crisis. As resurfaced in a recent SIPRI report, India’s deployment of an SSBN, particularly in the midst of a crisis, has been seen…
The Risk of a Nuclear-Tinged South Asian Crisis Is Rising
…evolving concurrently with tense India-Pakistan relations poses new crisis management challenges for the future. Rising Risks, Absent Third-Parties The administration’s words may prove more prescient than most realize. Based on our recently…
China’s Strategic Facilitation in the Persian Gulf Security Crisis
…term. 19 Iran Labor News Agency, interview with Majidreza Hariri, Head of the Iran-China Chamber of Commerce, November 4, 2022, https://www.ilna.ir/fa/tiny/news-1217236. It is important to note that Beijing’s reluctance to…
Toeing the Line: Media Behavior and Public Messaging During the Pulwama/Balakot Crisis
…a crisis between India and Pakistan. As the crisis unfolded, the mainstream media of both countries worked overtime to cover the events and shape the narrative. At first, the traditional…
China’s Evolving Strategic Discourse on India
…prospect for India-China expectation), The Paper, March 2, 2018, https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2014796. These efforts were part of China’s pursuit for a “new path and new thinking for strategic coexistence between China and…
Nuclear Security News and Member Updates Roundup, June 2025
…as the list of job opportunities in nuclear security at the end of this newsletter. Warmly, Christina Director, International Nuclear Security Forum Join the conversation on X: @INS_Forum Follow INSF on…