Topic: South Asia

Off Ramps from Confrontation in Southern Asia

A collection of analyses of nuclear competition among China, India, and Pakistan…

Southern Asia’s Escalating Strategic Competition

Editor’s Note: Welcome to the first installment of “Southern (Dis)Comfort,” a new series from War on the Rocks and the Stimson Center. The series seeks to unpack the dynamics of intensifying competition—military, economic,…

Parallel Crises

Quote of the week: “Of course I got lawyers. They are like nuclear weapons. I’ve got ‘em because everybody else does. But as soon as you use them, they screw everything up.” —Danny…

A Strategy for the Age of Trump

By Lincoln P. Bloomfield Jr. and Tom Harvey Already the Trump presidency has delivered big-time on one promise: it has shaken up the status quo. Like the Trump candidacy that had vilified the…

Create a Channel for a U.S.-China Dialogue on South Asia

Introduction The real danger of an explosive conflict and potential nuclear war lingers in South Asia. Relations between India and Pakistan remain distrustful, confrontational, and highly volatile as the result of decades-long hostility….

Field Notes — The Kashmir Valley

The Kashmir Valley has been in the midst of an insurgency since 1990. Stimson expert Sameer Lalwani traveled to Srinagar — the capital of the Indian-administered state of Jammu and Kashmir — to…

How Long Can China and India Avoid War in the Himalayas?

A remote corner of the Himalayas has become the unlikely scene of a major power standoff between China and India. Now entering its seventh week, the standoff centers on the tri-junction border shared…

South Asia’s Evolving Strategic Doctrines: Transcript

Signs of a Thaw in India, China Border Dispute

After six weeks, tensions remain high in the Dolam Plateau (within the Doklam area), a contested border area nestled between India, China, and Bhutan. China’s road building project on a disputed portion of…

Back to Basics: Pledging Nuclear Restraint

By Manpreet Sethi Manpreet Sethi is a senior fellow and head of the Nuclear Security Project at the Centre for Air Power Studies, New Delhi. She is an expert on nuclear issues with…

Religious Majoritarianism on the Subcontinent: Impacts on Domestic Tranquility and Regional Security

RSVP HERE Watch the livestream here WHAT: A luncheon panel discussion on religious majoritarianism in India and Pakistan and its potential impact on domestic politics and regional stability. Join us for a candid…

South Asia’s Evolving Strategic Doctrines

Click here for the event transcript. The triangular nuclear competition among China, India, and Pakistan is intensifying. Friction along the China-India border and the Kashmir divide is growing. As new nuclear capabilities come…

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