Topic: South Asia

On Thursday, February 7th, David Michel participated in a Wilson Center panel discussion titled “Strengthening Responses to Climate Variability in South Asia,” jointly hosted by the center’s Asia Program and Global Sustainability and…

The Stimson Center is releasing today an essay by Toby Dalton entitled “Beyond Incrementalism: Rethinking Approaches to CBMs and Stability in South Asia.” Dalton is the Deputy Director of the Nuclear Policy Program at…

The Stimson Center is releasing today an essay by Michael Krepon on “Pakistan’s Nuclear Strategy and Deterrence Stability.” Krepon argues that it will be hard to dampen the growth of Pakistan’s considerable and growing…

Stimson is releasing today an essay by George Perkovich on “The Non-Unitary Model and Deterrence Stability in South Asia.” Perkovich is the Vice President for Studies and Director of the Nuclear Policy Program…

General V.R. Raghavan, the founder of the Delhi Policy Group and the Centre for Security Analysis in Chennai, gave a talk in Washington on October 19, 2012, co-sponsored by Stimson, the Arms Control…

A version of this essay appeared in the October 13th issue of The Tribune. A hyphenated word has hung like a shroud over Pakistan ever since its founding father, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, vocalized…

During the limited war between India and Pakistan in the heights above Kargil in 1999, and again after the attack on the Indian Parliament building in 2001 by Pakistani nationals, the United States…

By Brian Finlay, Johan Bergenas and Esha Mufti – The upcoming presidential election in India has highlighted once again how the dark side of globalization threatens to undermine our common security-this time in…

By Michael Krepon – Negotiations over the cost of hauling freight from Karachi port to Afghanistan and the wording of a statement of regret or apology over Pakistani deaths at a border clash…

By Michael Krepon – Every new year has its share of modest surprises, but it takes big shocks to generate significant changes in national security policy.  “Familiar” surprise comes with the territory in…

Michael Krepon published an opinion-editorial in the Washington Post about Pakistan’s dealings with Afghanistan. Click here to read the op-ed.

On December 13th, the Stimson Center will release our first volume of essays, Deterrence Stability and Escalation Control in South Asia, edited by Michael Krepon and Julia Thompson.  We are releasing a new…