Topic: South Asia

Edited by Michael Krepon Nuclear Risk Reduction in South Asia provides a road map for reducing nuclear dangers on the Subcontinent. The timely essays presented here by Indian, Pakistani and US authors are…

By Michael Krepon – The Indian electorate has now voted into office a very strong coalition government led, once again, by the Congress party. Pakistani domestic politics, on the other hand, have produced…

Michael Krepon, Rodney W. Jones, and Ziad Haider, editors–  On November 10, 2004, the Henry L. Stimson Center hosted a formal book release event for Escalation Control and the Nuclear Option in South…

Michael Krepon and Amit Sevak, eds. Relations between India and Pakistan are at a low ebb and are likely to get worse. Relations between India and China are improving, but reversals can easily…

By Michael Krepon – India and Pakistan are resuming official talks after the nineteen-month hiatus resulting from the Mumbai attacks, but neither seems to place much urgency on putting in place new nuclear…

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.

By Michael Krepon – Pakistan and India have not fared well over the past two decades in negotiating confidence-building and nuclear risk-reduction measures. Existing measures, such as prior notifications for certain military exercises…

Michael Krepon recently published an opinion-editioral in DAWN on Pakistan and India’s negotiations on confidence-building and nuclear risk-reduction measures. Click here to read the article.

Ellen Laipson participates in a roundtable discussion of the National Intelligence Council’s 2012 “Global Water Security” report as part of the National Conversation series at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in…

By Michael Krepon – Of all categories of nuclear weapons, those with the shortest ranges have the least military utility and pose the greatest problems relating to security and unauthorized use.  Generally speaking,…

Michael Krepon published an opinion-editorial in DAWN on Washington’s relationship with India and Pakistan. Click here to read the op-ed.