Topic: South Asia

Commentary

Will US-India Defense Cooperation Improve?

By Melanie Campbell:  Last month U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter and Indian Defense Minister Manohar Parrikar signed the 2015 U.S.-India Defense Framework.

July 27, 2015
Commentary

Iran Deal: Reading the Fine Print

The text of the nuclear limitation agreement with Iran (AKA “The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action”) has been released and can be found

July 14, 2015
Michael Krepon
Commentary

Monitoring Provisions of the Iran Agreement

This assessment of the core monitoring provisions of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action is necessarily hurried and preliminary. I invite ACW

July 14, 2015
Michael Krepon
Commentary

Iran: The Punditariat Weighs In

Now that the negotiating endgame for a nuclear limitation agreement with Iran has been extended to July 7th, critics and kibitzers have

July 5, 2015
Michael Krepon
Commentary

Pakistan: Lessons from the India-US Nuclear Deal

By Saira Bano:  During the seventh round of the U.S.-Pakistan Security, Strategic Stability, and Nonproliferation (SSS&NP) working group earlier this month, Pakistan again demanded an

June 23, 2015
Commentary

Arms and Influence

Aspiring Wonks: Time once again to whet your appetite by dipping into a classic text waiting for you online or at the

June 23, 2015
Michael Krepon
Commentary

“Wobbly” Global Nuclear Order and Iran

Stimson’s Michael Krepon discusses the “wobbly” nature of the global nuclear order and how the Iran negotiations are affecting it. “Any deal

June 18, 2015
Michael Krepon
Commentary

Stirred But Not Shaken: Sri Lanka’s Rebalancing Act

Shortly after President Maithripala Sirisena’s surprise victory in Sri Lanka’s January Presidential election, the new leader suspended one of the largest Chinese-led

June 18, 2015
Sameer Lalwani
Commentary

Growing Dangers on the Subcontinent

Very bad news often follows when adversaries give up on improved relations. We’re at this juncture now on the Subcontinent. High-ranking Indian

June 8, 2015
Michael Krepon
Commentary

Deterrence Instability in South Asia

The United States wants to pivot to Asia, but the Middle East keeps getting in the way. Likewise, India wants to pivot

May 4, 2015
Michael Krepon
Book

Deterrence Instability & Nuclear Weapons in South Asia

Deterrence between India and Pakistan is becoming less stable with the passage of time and an increase in nuclear weapon capabilities. India

April 29, 2015
Julia Thompson
Commentary

India, Pakistan, and the nuclear humanitarian initiative: Let’s be real

The humanitarian impact of nuclear weapons is seen asone of the wild cards at the upcoming NPT Review Conference. In recent years, a

April 26, 2015
Faiqa Mahmood
Load More