Abstract The US government appears to be using drones to launch air strikes inside Pakistan. This article details uncertainties regarding the ethical soundness of these…
Country or Region: Pakistan
Abstract A probe of various regional power nuclear postures reveals that such postures, rather than simply the acquisition of nuclear weapons, can have differential effects…
Abstract The objectives of this article are, firstly, to identify the place occupied by the Indian Ocean and South Asia in China’s maritime strategy, and…
Abstract This research paper seeks to analyze this nightmarish threat. Among the questions that this paper will seek to answer are: From which states would…
Summary India, Pakistan and the Secret Jihad explores the history of jihadist violence in Kashmir, and argues that the violent conflict which exploded after 1990 was…
Highlight: Withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan post 2014 may lead to a series of dramatic events in the country. The security vacuum resulting from this…
From the publisher: Asia has emerged as the global center for energy demand growth and now accounts for more than two-thirds of the worldwide market for…
Continue reading Bradshaw, Michael , Mikkal E. Herberg, Amy Myers Jaffe, Damien Ma, and Nikos Tsafos
In a piece for ISSSP Reflections, a online publication of the International Strategic and Security Studies Programme (ISSSP), National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, India,…
Continue reading Vishwanathan, Arun, S. Chandrashekar and Rajaram Nagappa
Abstract Few decisionmakers in New Delhi are convinced that Pakistani state failure is imminent. Nevertheless, India should consider five elements for a contigency strategy to…
From the publisher: Pakistan is not, today, a failed state. However, for the first time since I started focusing on South Asia, in the past eight…
Summary India, which had been created as a civic polity, initially sought to hold on to this Muslim-majority state to demonstrate its secular credentials. Pakistan,…
From the publisher: A better way to conceptualize the Pakistani challenge is to recognize that Pakistan fits into a category of states that are both things…
From the publisher: There are about 22,000 nuclear warheads in the world today. Reducing that number—eventually to zero—is a major element of U.S. President Barack Obama’s…
Summary This book examines the crime-terror nexus in South Asia, focusing in particular on the activities of non-state actors that operate out of Pakistan, and…
Summary This edited volume explores competing perspectives on the impact of nuclear weapons proliferation on the South Asian security environment. The spread of nuclear weapons…
