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South Asia

All CNS nonproliferation content related to India, Pakistan & all of South Asia.

General

Posted: December 1, 2008
View article by Jing-dong Yuan, EANP Director The Asian Triangle: Chinese Perspectives on a Rising India
An article by Jing-dong Yuan for the World Politics Review.
Nuclear Proliferation and South Asia: Recent Trends
An issue brief by Sharad Joshi for the NTI website, August 2007.
Created: August 10, 2007
Nonproliferation Issues Raised by U.S.-India Nuclear Deal
The March 2 agreement on US-India nuclear cooperation has raised a number of concerns that require further attention, especially with regards to its effect on the international nonproliferation regime.
A CNS Feature Story.
Created: March 2, 2006
The U.S.-India Nuclear Deal: Taking Stock
An article co-authored by Lawrence Scheinman (CNS Distinguised Professor), Fred McGoldrick, and Harold Bengelsdorf, for Arms Control Today, October 2005
India and the New Look of U.S. Nonproliferation Policy [PDF format]
An analysis by William C. Potter (CNS Director) for the Nonproliferation Review, Summer 2005, Volume 12, Number 2
Indian Companies Removed From Entity List, as Bush Administration Presses to Ease Restrictions on Civil Nuclear and Commercial Space Cooperation with New Delhi [PDF format]
A report by Stephanie Lieggi for the International Export Control Observer, October 2005, pp. 18-20
Implications of Proposed India-U.S. Civil Nuclear Cooperation
An issue brief by Dennis M. Gormley and Lawrence Scheinman for the NTI website, July 2005
Seven Years After the Nuclear Tests: Appraising South Asia's Nuclear Realities
An issue brief by Gaurav Kampani for the NTI website, July 2005,
Indo-U.S. Space Cooperation: Poised for Take-Off?
A report by Sundara Vadlamudi for the Nonproliferation Review, Spring 2005, Volume 12, Number 1 (abstract only)

Country Overviews

Each Country Overview contains an overview of the country's nuclear, biological and chemical weapons and missile programs, with links to other relevant web sites, and excerpts from the Nuclear and Missile Developments Database and Chemical and Biological Weapons Terrorism ListServ.

  • India
  • Pakistan

    • Indian & Pakistani Nuclear Facilities: Maps & Reports

    Selected Indian Nuclear Facilities
    Posted: July 1999
    Pakistan’s Nuclear Related Facilities (PDF, 340k)
    Annotated Fact Sheet and Map with Links to Facility Information and CNS Database Entries.
    Posted: 1997
    Map of Selected Indian Nuclear Facilities (PDF)
    Posted: 1996
    Map of Selected Pakistani Nuclear Facilities (PDF)
    Posted: 1996
    Chinese Assistance to Pakistani Nuclear and Missile Programs (PDF, 45k)

    Nonproliferation Review Articles on South Asia

    Note: All NPR articles are in PDF format.
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    Fall-Winter 2002, Volume 9 · Number 3

    Second Tier Proliferation: The Case of Pakistan and North Korea [PDF format]
    A report for the Nonproliferation Review, CNS, Vol. 9.3.
    by Guarav Kampani

    Fall-Winter 2001, Volume 8 · Number 3

    Limited War and Nuclear Escalation in South Asia [PDF format]
    An article for the Nonproliferation Review, CNS, Vol. 8.3.
    by V.R. Raghavan

    Summer 2001, Volume 8 · Number 2

    Security Challenges in South Asia [PDF format]
    A viewpoint for the Nonproliferation Review, CNS, Vol. 8.2.
    by Maleeha Lodhi.
    Posted: Summer 2001

    Fall-Winter 2000, Volume 7 · Number 3

    India's Nuclear Doctrine: Confused Ambitions [PDF format]
    A viewpoint for the Nonproliferation Review, CNS, Vol. 7.3.
    by P.R. Chari
    Posted: Fall-Winter 2000

    Fall 1999, Volume 6 · Number 4

    The Economic Impacts of the 1998 Sanctions on India and Pakistan
    Article by Daniel Morrow and Michael Carriere

    Spring-Summer 1999, Volume 6 · Number 3

    An Impossible Game: Stable Nuclear Deterrence After the Indian and Pakistani Tests
    Article by Mario E. Carranza
    Command and Control Challenges in South Asia
    Article by Clayton P. Bowen and Daniel Wolvén

    Fall 1998, Volume 6 · Number 1

    The Systemic Bases of India's Challenge to the Global Nuclear Order
    Article by T.V. Paul
    From Existential to Minimum Deterrence: Explaining India's Decision to Test
    Article by Gaurav Kampani
    Domestic-International Linkages: India and the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
    Article by Dinshaw Mistry
    India's Deterrence Doctrine: A Nehruvian Critique
    Viewpoint by T.T. Poulose
    Nonproliferation Prospects after the South Asian Nuclear Tests
    Viewpoint by Wade Huntley

    CNS Web Reports

    India and Pakistan Missile Race Surges On
    An article by Sharad Joshi for WMD Insights.
    Posted: October 8, 2007
    Proliferation Unbound: Nuclear Tales from Pakistan
    After years of blanket denials, Pakistan's government has finally admitted that during 1989-2003 Pakistani nuclear scientists and entities proliferated nuclear weapons-related technologies, equipment, and know how to Iran, North Korea, and Libya.
    CNS Feature Story by Gaurav Kampani.
    Posted: February 23
    India and China - Moving Closer?
    "With international attention focused elsewhere, a visit to China by Indian Defence Minister George Fernandes over the past week received little coverage. Nonetheless, Mr Fernandes' China trip is significant in a number of ways."
    An op-ed by Jing-Dong Yuan for the South China Morning Post.
    Posted: May 20, 2003

    India's Compellance Strategy: Calling Pakistan's Nuclear Bluff Over Kashmir
    "Islamabad's apparent decision to accept war termination in Kashmir on New Delhi's terms essentially implies that India may have finally called Pakistan's nuclear bluff over Kashmir."
    Feature Story by Gaurav Kampani.

    Posted: June 10, 2002
    Placing the Indo-Pakistani Standoff in Perspective [PDF format]
    by Gaurav Kampani
    Posted: April 8, 2002
    Russia to Lease Two Nuclear Submarines to India
    Feature Story.
    Posted: February 18, 2002
    Safety of Pakistani Nuclear Arsenal & Installations
    by Gaurav Kampani
    Posted: 28 September 2001
    Overview of Weapons of Mass Destruction Capabilities in the Middle East and South Asia
    If the United States starts military actions against either Afghanistan or Iraq, its forces will be operating in a region of the world where many countries have weapons of mass destruction (WMD), or are seeking to develop them.
    Posted: Created 14 September 2001
    United States Seeks Pakistan's Assistance
    Attention is turning to the role Pakistan can play in assisting a U.S. military strike on Afghanistan and in capturing alleged terrorist leader Usama Bin Laden.
    Posted: Created 14 September 2001
    Pakistani Perspective on Arms Control and Nonproliferation
    Washington D.C. Office 2000 Briefing Series, December 14, 2000.
    Posted: 2000
    How a US National Missile Defense Will Affect South Asia
    by Gaurav Kampani
    Posted: May 2000
    CTBT Endgame in South Asia?
    by Gaurav Kampani
    Posted: January 2000
    The Military Coup in Pakistan: Implications for Nuclear Stability in South Asia
    by Gaurav Kampani
    Posted: October 1999
    Test Ban Treaty: Asian Concerns
    by Tariq Rauf
    Posted: 17 August 1996

    Outside Publications by CNS Staff

    Publications:

    Posted: February 20, 2009
    Following Fatal Disaster, Russia Still Considering Submarine's Lease to India
    An article by Anya Loukianova for WMD Insights.
    Posted: February 20, 2009
    Following Fatal Disaster, Russia Still Considering Submarine's Lease to India
    An article by Anya Loukianova for WMD Insights.
    Elections in Pakistan: A Major Shift or More of the Same?
    an op-ed by Sharad Joshi for the Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, New Delhi.
    Posted: March 26, 2008
    Questions Persist on Reported Russian Lease of Nuclear Sub to India

    An article by Anya Loukianova for WMD Insights.
    Posted: December 6, 2007
    The Dragon and the Elephant: Chinese-Indian Relations in the 21st Century [PDF format]
    An article by Jing-dong Yuan in the Summer 2007 issue of the Washington Quarterly.
    Posted: June 12, 2007
    Pakistan's Missile Tests Highlight Growing South Asia Nuclear Arms Race, Despite New Confidence Building Measures
    an article by Sharad Joshi for WMD Insights.
    Posted: April 3, 2007
    U.S.-India Space Cooperation Reaches New Heights, Despite Lingering Proliferation Concerns
    an article by Jennifer Kline for WMD Insights.
    Posted: July 21, 2006
    New Head of Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission Apparently Tied to 1980s Nuclear Smuggling
    An analysis by Leonard S. Spector and Haider Nizamani for the WMD Insights.
    Posted: May 4, 2006
    Nuclear WatchPakistan: The Sorry Affairs of the Islamic Republic
    An issue brief by Gaurav Kampani for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI).
    Posted: January 15, 2003
    Indo-Pakistani Military Standoff: Why It Isn't Over Yet
    The recent crisis between India and Pakistan, which again raised fears of a war between the two nuclear powers, has receded. Though war has been averted in this current crisis, basic, critical problems still exist between the two South Asian powers. An issue brief by Gaurav Kampani for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI).
    Posted: June 2002
    In Praise of Indifference Toward India's Bomb
    Gaurav Kampani, Orbis, Volume 45, Number 2, Spring 2001, pp. 241-257.
    Learning to Live With the Bomb in South Asia
    Tariq Rauf, The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, January/February 1999

    Op-Eds:

    Pakistan: A Shift Away From Indo-Centricism
    Gaurav Kampani & Dr. Haider K. Nizamani, Dawn, 16 April 2001
    How and Why China Proliferates Ballistic Missiles to Pakistan
    Phillip Saunders & Dr. Jing-dong Yuan with Gaurav Kampani, Rediff on the Net, 22 August 2000
    Barking Up The Wrong Tree
    Gaurav Kampani, Rediff on the Net, August 1999
    The Escalating War in Kashmir
    Gaurav Kampani, Rediff on the Net, May 1999
    India's Kosovo Conundrum
    Gaurav Kampani, Rediff on the Net, April 1999
    Hammering Out an Indo-US Nuclear Deal
    Gaurav Kampani, Rediff on the Net, December 1998
    What Story Does Ghauri Tell Us?
    Gaurav Kampani, Rediff on the Net, May 1998

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