Nuclear dangers of the naval kind
BY ZIA MIAN, M V RAMANA AND A H NAYYAR Southasia needs to pay attention to the increased risk of a nuclearised ocean. In 2019, a new set of nuclear dangers…
Opinion: Think fossil fuels are bad? Nuclear energy is even worse
Some tout nuclear energy as ‘clean,’ but it’s hardly that, even with technological advancements Nuclear power, as it is today, is a poor substitute for fossil fuels. Not long ago, I…
India’s Nuclear Weapons Arsenal Keeps Getting Bigger and Bigger
A large arsenal in a dangerous part of the world. by Michael Peck Key Point: India has its nukes pointed at China and Pakistan, two other nuclear powers. “India is estimated to…
Mutual Vulnerability and Risk Reduction in South Asia
Hannah Haegeland The current state of affairs in Kashmir and resulting heightening of India-Pakistan tensions provide daily examples of escalation risks. Since 1998, the low-probability, high-cost risk of escalation across…
Gilgit-Baltistan in the Crosshair: Know Your Enemy
Muhammad Sharreh Qazi ‘Know the enemy and know yourself; in a hundred battles you will never be in peril. When you are ignorant of the enemy, but know yourself, your…