Topic: South Asia

Stimson in the News

Interview with Sameer Lalwani on Developments in Kashmir

Interview by Ankit Panda of The Diplomat Magazine The Kashmir Valley, ever a sore point situated between India, Pakistan, and China, saw a

April 5, 2017
Commentary

New Podcast: The Subcontinental with Manpreet Sethi, Sadia Tasleem, and Michael Krepon

Click here to listen to the new episode of The Subcontinental podcast. The Subcontinental is a South Asian Voices (SAV) podcast on strategic issues in

March 28, 2017
Chapter

Launching an Expanded Missile Flight-Test Notification Regime

By Frank O’Donnell Frank O’Donnell is a nonresident fellow in the Stimson Center’s South Asia Program. His areas of expertise include nuclear

March 23, 2017
Event

Afghanistan: The Reconciliation Option

Click here for a full transcript of Amb. Richard Olson’s prepared keynote remarks. Watch the event video below or click here. U.S.

March 20, 2017

Isolating Pakistan: Why Washington should avoid bashing Islamabad

Does it make sense for the Trump administration and Congress to try to bludgeon Pakistan into doing Washington’s bidding? What about the

March 11, 2017
Commentary

Reasons for the Great Unraveling of the Arms Control Enterprise

Quote of the week “The demagogue, though he professes (and fails) to readjust matters in the interests of the majority of the

February 26, 2017
Commentary

Ambling Blindly Back into the Mountains: 5 Hard Questions for the Next Phase of Afghanistan

Gen. John Nicholson, who commands the American-led international military force in Afghanistan, recently made headlines when he called for “a few thousand”

February 24, 2017
Commentary

One Nuclear Step to Settle an Unsettled Age

William Bullitt accompanied President Woodrow Wilson to Paris to negotiate an ambitious peace treaty after the carnage of World War I. Reflecting

February 15, 2017
Commentary

On Indian Republic Day, Remember Kashmir

On the 26th of January, as India celebrates its 68th Republic Day, tensions are once again brewing in the Kashmir Valley and

January 31, 2017
Commentary

The Terrifying Geography of Nuclear and Radiological Insecurity in South Asia

Terrorism involving nuclear or radiological materials remains one of the gravest threats to humanity and to global stability. It was a central

January 31, 2017
Commentary

No Peace and No War in South Asia?

George Perkovich and Toby Dalton have assessed the possibilities of conflict between India and Pakistan in a timely book, Not War, Not Peace?

January 29, 2017
Policy Paper

The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor: Strategic Rationales, External Perspectives, and Challenges to Effective Implementation: An SAV Visiting Fellow Working Paper

The South Asian Voices (SAV) Visiting Fellowship brings on a biannual basis rising analysts from India and Pakistan to Washington, DC for

January 26, 2017