Topic: South Asia

A Normal Nuclear Pakistan

The Stimson Center and the Carnegie Endowment published a 20,000-wordessay on Pakistan’s nuclear program and diplomatic ambitions last week. My co-author Toby Dalton and I did not write this assessment to cause harm to…

A Normal Nuclear Pakistan

The new report released today “A Normal Nuclear Pakistan” takes a hard look at Pakistan’s nuclear weapon related programs and its ambitions to be viewed as a normal state possessing advanced nuclear technologies….

Rumi on the Iran Deal

Reading Jalaladdin Rumi is a diversionary summer-vacation tactic to keep at arm’s length Congressional debate over the Iran deal, where arguments that are demonstrably weak are immune from rebuttal. Rumi knew a thing…

After Zarb-E-Azb: Now What?

By Sachchal Ahmad:  Pakistan’s ongoing military operation in North Waziristan, a stronghold of Al Qai’da and Islamist militants, is nearing its end. However, as the Pakistan Army races towards declaring this mission complete, a number…

Sameer Lalwani Joins Stimson’s South Asia Program

The Stimson Center announced today the appointment of Sameer Lalwani as Deputy Director for Stimson’s South Asia program. Sameer’s research will focus on crisis management, nuclear security, and national security decision making in South Asia….

A Normal Nuclear Pakistan

A commercial pathway for Pakistan to join the mainstream in the global nuclear order is highly unlikely. Pakistan’s leaders must therefore consider nuclear weapon-related initiatives that could facilitate mainstreaming, while also strengthening nonproliferation…

Growing Violence along the Kashmir Divide

This piece is discussed further in The Dynamics of Violence along the Kashmir Divide, 2003-2015. Events may be leading toward a crisis between India and Pakistan. On July 27, militants – allegedly with links…

Deterrence Instability and Nuclear Weapons in South Asia

Deterrence in South Asia is becoming less stable with the passage of time and an increase in nuclear weapon capabilities. India and Pakistan have not addressed basic issues in dispute, nor have they…

Perspectives on Pakistan: A Book Discussion with Robert L. Grenier

The Stimson Center’s South Asia program welcomed Robert L. Grenier for a discussion of his new book, “88 Days to Kandahar: A CIA Diary.” The conversation with Co-Director of Stimson’s South Asia program…

Seventy Years Without an A-Bombing

As numbers-based arms control wanes, norms become even more important. Norms can be clarified in Codes of Conduct or established by customary practice. The most important norm in our field is the non-use…

What India Loses by Pushing Nepal into Crisis

In 2006, a peace accord ended a civil war and Nepal began a new era as a secular, democratic republic. After eight years of political negotiation, over two weeks ago, Nepal announced its…

Pakistan’s Shocking Strategic Shift

Pakistan is often characterized as a belligerent, unyielding, and destabilizing force in international affairs. But despite longstanding and widespread negative perceptions [4], Pakistani behavior and strategic culture is changing for the better in important respects,…

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