Using the World Cup to Put a Spotlight On Qatar’s Abuses
This month, the World Cup will kick off in Qatar, the first Middle Eastern country to host the event. This is a historic moment of pride for both Qatar and the Middle East,…
2010 Stimson Spotlight by Andrew Houk cited in The Washington Institute on Afghan militants in Syria
Iran’s Afghan Shiite Fighters in Syria On May 22, the Wall Street Journal reported that Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) was recruiting Afghan Shiite refugees to fight in Syria,…
Spotlight on Japan’s seventy-year old constitution
There is more than the usual interest in the seventieth birthday of Japan’s constitution, importantly because of a move to revision of its most unusual and distinguishing feature — Article…
The Debate Over Indian Nuclear Strategy is Heating Up
…a counter-force strategy. Such a strategy would seek to target and disarm Pakistan’s nuclear weapons and related military infrastructure by destroying them with nuclear strikes. Whether in the form of…
Breaking the Impasse: Direct Talks between Army Chiefs
…– namely, “peace, security, and confidence-building measures” – convened more vigorously than others, especially after the 1998 nuclear tests. Under the pressure of international sanctions following the nuclear tests, major…
No Indian BMD for No Pakistani MIRVS
…Scientists, September 2015), https://fas.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/DragonShieldreport_FINAL.pdf. [5] Ankit Panda, “Why Pakistan’s Newly Flight-Tested Multiple Nuclear Warhead-Capable Missile Really Matters,” The Diplomat, January 25, 2017, https://thediplomat.com/2017/01/why-pakistans-newly-flight-tested-multiple-nuclear-warhead-capable-missile-really-matters/. [6] Paul Kerr and May Nikitin, “Pakistan’s…
Minding Our Business: The Role of the Private Sector in Managing the WMD Supply Chain
…1980s (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1982), 1-94; Leonard S. Spector, Nuclear Ambitions: The Spread of Nuclear Weapons (Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1990), 6-9; Office of the Secretary of…
Creating Online Classrooms to Reduce Nuclear Risk in South Asia
…on the subcontinent, we welcome students from around the world. This course consists of seven chapters: Introduction to Nuclear South Asia; Nuclear History; Nuclear Policy and Posture; The Global Nuclear Order;…