Ambassador Ryan Crocker, Dean of the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University joined Stimson Chairman Ambassador Lincoln P. Bloomfield Jr. to share his experiences and insights into U.S. foreign policy. This informal, strategic…
From June 26-28, the Stimson Center hosted a conference in Kathmandu with the support of the US State Department, bringing together Indian and Pakistani scientists, agricultural economists, water experts, and climate-change modelers to…
Nuclear-armed neighbors India and Pakistan have the opportunity to lower cross-border tensions this year, but it’s uncertain whether the Indian government can take meaningful steps to improve ties before elections later this spring…
US commentary on nuclear developments in Pakistan and India is usually not well received on the subcontinent. One reason is that cautionary messages sound hypocritical. Pundits from a country that has been guilty…
While diplomacy between Pakistan and India dawdles, nuclear capabilities are moving forward at a brisk pace. Since testing nuclear devices in 1998, both countries have flight-tested no fewer than 17 types of missiles…
India and Pakistan have developed and flight tested seventeen new nuclear weapon delivery vehicles since testing nuclear devices in 1998 – an average of more than one per year. Military doctrines have also…
PRIME Minister Nawaz Sharif and the civilian advisers accompanying him received the red carpet treatment when they arrived in Washington last week. The prime minister’s state visit – the first in a decade…
Working with bloggers in India and Pakistan, the Stimson Center today launched a website called South Asian Voices: Generation Why to stimulate a cross-border dialogue on security issues and promote normal and cooperative…
Remember when American presidents set out to do big things in the world? That was when denizens of the Oval Office had one powerful attribute: ambition. And that’s exactly what President Barack Obama…
Remember when American presidents set out to do big things in the world? That was when denizens of the Oval Office had one powerful attribute: ambition. And that’s exactly what President Barack Obama…
The Stimson Center is releasing today an essay by David Smith entitled “The US Experience with Tactical Nuclear Weapons: Lessons for South Asia.” Smith served twice as the US Army Attaché to Pakistan,…
The February 16 bombing in Quetta targeting the Hazara community was the latest in a long, sad, and intensifying series of incidents of sectarian violence. Death tolls within Pakistan were greater in 2012…
High-Level Military Meetings Between India and Pakistan Could Cool Down Regional Tensions
Nuclear-armed neighbors India and Pakistan have the opportunity to lower cross-border tensions this year, but it’s uncertain whether the Indian government can take meaningful steps to improve ties before elections later this spring…