Topic: South Asia

Commentary

Repairing the Diplomatic Threat Reduction Enterprise

The “nuclear enterprise” – as the nuclear weapons complex and force structure in the United States have been successfully rebranded — is

December 15, 2014
Commentary

As Modi plans US trip, defence on everyone’s mind

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Washington in September will be an occasion for glowing speeches about the future of Indo-US relations. Behind

August 25, 2014
Commentary

A case for redesigning Nepal’s national security council

By Madhav Ghimire:  Nepal is at a crossroads. A comprehensive peace accord in 2006 capped a decade of protracted Nepalese armed conflict. In the years

August 14, 2014
Commentary

India’s “test case” for Japan, US relations

Dr. Satu Limaye suggest relations with India will serve as a “test case” for both Japan and the US in an event

August 5, 2014
Commentary

The myth of stable nuclear deterrence

Nuclear deterrence was conceptualised in the US even before the Soviet Union produced atomic weapons. Anticipating that the Kremlin would acquire the

August 3, 2014
Commentary

Stimson’s South Asia Programming To Reduce Nuclear Dangers

The Stimson Center first ventured into South Asia in 1992, carrying a toolbox of confidence-building and nuclear risk-reduction measures that helped keep

July 10, 2014
Commentary

Book Review: Bringing Pakistan In From the Cold

Since the earliest days following the nuclear tests by India and Pakistan in 1998, policymakers in the United States and Europe have

June 18, 2014
Commentary

How U.S. can reinvigorate India defense ties

By Vikram J. Singh and Joshua T. White: Narendra Modi’s landslide victory in last month’s Indian general election has raised hopes that

June 6, 2014
Commentary

Views From Stimson On This Week’s Modi-Sharif Meeting

Newly inaugurated Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India met with Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday following the Bharatiya Janata Party’s

May 29, 2014
Commentary

Private business and peacebuilding: more than a burden of funding

By Jillian Foerster:  It is no secret that businesses make calculations in pursuit of profit. Nonetheless, satisfying shareholders can be compatible with social and

May 15, 2014
Commentary

Islamabad’s (Charm) Offensive

Talk to most any Afghan, and you’ll get an earful about how Pakistan has treated its smaller neighbor: the use of proxies,

April 3, 2014
Commentary

Pakistan and the United States: Frenemies Forever?

Following the annus horriblis of 2011, U.S.-Pakistan relations are finally looking up. The strategic dialogue between the two countries has resumed with

March 31, 2014