Abstract The Obama administration has made a great effort to increase the role of advanced conventional weaponry in US national security thinking and practice, in…
Abstract The Obama administration has made a great effort to increase the role of advanced conventional weaponry in US national security thinking and practice, in…
Summary Mario Carranza studies in depth the linkages between Indo-Pakistani nuclear relations and the International Nuclear Order. He critically analyzes the de facto recognition by…
Abstract How many battlefield nuclear weapons would it take for Pakistan to stop a major armored attack by the Indian army? How big would each…
Abstract Two recent developments in South Asia have increased the risk of an accelerated arms race between India and Pakistan. One development is Pakistan’s introduction…
Abstract In this Nuclear Notebook, guest author Timothy McDonnell reviews the five states that developed nuclear weapons outside the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty—India, Israel, North Korea,…
Abstract The US raid that killed Osama bin Laden has raised concerns about the security of Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal. In the process of building two…
Abstract In this Nuclear Notebook, the authors write about nonstrategic nuclear weapons—starting with the difficulty of finding a universal definition for them. Although the United…
Abstract In April 2012, India successfully test-launched the Agni V ballistic missile—and though the missile needs more testing and is still several years away from…
Abstract The authors calculate that some 125,000 nuclear warheads have been built since 1945, about 97 percent of them by the United States and the…
Abstract Major news media and think tanks have written and broadcast repeatedly about efforts to prevent nuclear war in South Asia, but relatively little attention…
Abstract As one who has led inspection teams in North Korea, Iraq, Syria, Libya, and other nations, Olli Heinonen says he cannot discount the possibility…
Abstract Pakistan’s nuclear assets may be tempting targets for terrorists. Experts are split, however, on the actual threat posed. Some assert that Pakistan’s nuclear assets…
Summary This new edition brings Stanley Wolpert’s brilliantly succinct and accessible introduction to India completely up to date for a new generation of readers, travelers,…
Abstract Whether the civil nuclear cooperation agreement with India is completed right away or whether the war on terrorism in Pakistan chalks up more successes…
Summary How did a nation founded as a homeland for South Asian Muslims become a haven for Al Qaeda and other jihadist groups? In this…