South Asia

Posted: November 14, 2012

Outside Publications

A New Path to Accidental Nuclear War in South Asia?

Phil Lai for WMDJunction.com.

Posted: July 18, 2012

Outside Publications

Pakistan's Babur and Ra'ad Cruise Missiles: Strategic Implications for India

Shane A. Mason, MIIS Graduate Research Assistant, for the Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies.

Posted: December 1, 2008

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)

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)

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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

Limited War and Nuclear Escalation in South Asia [PDF format]

An article for the Nonproliferation Review, CNS, Vol. 8.3.
by V.R. Raghavan

Security Challenges in South Asia [PDF format]

A viewpoint for the Nonproliferation Review, CNS, Vol. 8.2.
by Maleeha Lodhi.

Posted: Summer 2001

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

The Economic Impacts of the 1998 Sanctions on India and Pakistan

Article by Daniel Morrow and Michael Carriere

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

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

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

Posted: July 7, 2011

Outside Publications

NSG's India Waiver Highlights Flawed U.S. Approach

Javier Serrat, for World Politics Review.

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 Watch-Pakistan: 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

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