Topic: South Asia

Commentary

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

August 31, 2015
Michael Krepon
Commentary, Report

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

August 27, 2015
Michael Krepon
Commentary

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

August 25, 2015
Michael Krepon
Commentary

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.

August 18, 2015
Commentary

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

August 18, 2015
Sameer Lalwani
Event

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

August 18, 2015
Commentary

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

August 11, 2015
Julia Thompson
Event

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

August 11, 2015
Event

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

August 11, 2015
Commentary

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

August 10, 2015
Hannah Haegeland
Commentary

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

August 10, 2015
Michael Krepon
Commentary

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

August 4, 2015
Sameer Lalwani
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