Topic: South Asia

Project Note

Launch of the All-New South Asian Voices Website

The Stimson Center’s South Asia program has launched a new look for its online strategic analysis platform South Asian Voices (SAV). The platform features insights

September 23, 2016
Commentary

The Waiting Game in South Asia

The attack on an Indian military encampment at Uri, most probably from well-armed, well-trained cadres of a “proscribed” group based on the Pakistan

September 19, 2016
Michael Krepon
Commentary

Senator Rubio and Kim Jong Un Weigh In on the CTBT

In rapid succession, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee convened its first Hearing on the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty in seventeen years, and Senator Marco

September 12, 2016
Michael Krepon
Commentary

Pakistan’s Embattled Lawyers: A Long Quest for Justice

On September 2, a suicide bomber struck a court in Pakistan’s northern city of Mardan, killing twelve. On August 8, a suicide bomber dressed

September 8, 2016
Faiqa Mahmood
Commentary

The Demise of the Republican National Security Establishment

The skirmish between Senator Bob Corker and the Obama Administration over the UN Security Council resolution on the CTBT is yet another reflection of

August 29, 2016
Michael Krepon
Commentary

The Second Coming of MIRVs: The Future of Strategic Arms Competition

Some 18 years ago, India and Pakistan conducted successive nuclear tests, joining China as Southern Asia’s three overt nuclear powers and transforming

August 23, 2016
Sameer Lalwani
Commentary

Senator Corker and the CTBT

Senator Bob Corker, the Republican Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, has taken issue with the Obama Administration’s decision to co-sponsor a

August 21, 2016
Michael Krepon
Commentary

Not Just Yet for No First Use

The United States is not going to use nuclear weapons first in a conflict. Allies who believe otherwise are attached to a fiction

July 31, 2016
Michael Krepon
Commentary

Learning About the Bomb is the Best Way to Reduce Nuclear Dangers

It’s hard to learn about the Bomb in the media. Other issues have a higher call on public attention and press coverage,

July 21, 2016
Michael Krepon
Commentary

Not Just Yet for No First Use

By Michael Krepon: The United States is not going to use nuclear weapons first in a conflict. Allies who believe otherwise are attached

July 21, 2016
Michael Krepon
Commentary

Congressional Hearings as Inquisitions

During the 1950s, Senator Joe McCarthy convened hearings to discover Soviet moles in Hollywood, the State Department and the U.S. Army. The

July 19, 2016
Michael Krepon
Commentary

Why Rising Unrest in the Kashmir Valley Matters for the United States

A week ago, Indian armed forces killed Burhan Wani, the infamous 21 year-old commander of the Kashmiri militant separatist group Hizbul Mujahideen

July 18, 2016
Sameer Lalwani
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