Abstract The Pakistan military has long been considered the one institution in the country that functions sufficiently well to deliver international objectives. It has consequently…
Country or Region: Pakistan
Abstract Pakistan is becoming increasingly important in international security calculus, and the future trajectory of this nuclear weapons’ state on the front line of the…
Abstract This paper presents preliminary findings from a survey of 141 militant households in Pakistan, focusing on the background of slain militants in those households.…
Abstract Asia, where nuclear powers already interact (including North Korea), exerts a growing influence on the thinking and policy underlying Russia’s current and future nuclear…
Summary This volume examines the causes and consequences of nuclear postures and nonproliferation policies. The real-world importance of nuclear weapons has led to the production…
Continue reading Narang, Neil, Erik Gartzke, and Matthew Kroenig
Summary In a vitally important book for anyone interested in nuclear proliferation, defense strategy, or international security, Matthew Kroenig points out that nearly every country…
Abstract Empirical evidence supports the notion that emergent and hybrid democratic regimes are often unstable and conflict-ridden. While these are important findings, the implication that…
Abstract In this article, we puzzle through the dilemmas involving Indian use of limited air power against Pakistan. We evaluate the potential benefits and risks…
Summary The Indian Ocean region has rapidly emerged as a hinge point in the changing global balance of power and the geographic nexus of economic…
Abstract The Obama administration has shifted its focus of strategic concerns from the Middle East to the Far East. (Although the term “Asia” is often…
Summary The rivalry between India and Pakistan has proven to be one of the world’s most intractable international conflicts, ever since 1947 when the British…
Summary Why do countries go to war over disputed lands? Why do they fight even when the territories in question are economically and strategically worthless?…
Abstract Pokhran nuclear testing by India in May 1998 and a similar response by Pakistan immediately engendered an epochal shift in the nature of sub-continental…
Summary This book provides a systematic analysis of the current state and future trajectory of security cooperation in the world’s most economically dynamic and strategically…
Abstract Since the 1970s, the military-madrasa-mullah complex in Pakistan has nurtured a relationship that has transformed Islam into a fundamentalist creed which has spawned a…
Continue reading Mohanty, Sanjeeb Kumar, and Jinendra Nath Mahanty
