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Sep 26, 2024 | 
southasianvoices.org | Nasir Mehmood |Hely Desai |Haleema Saadia
India and Pakistan have not held significant bilateral arms control talks since 2008, constituting the longest period without such discussions since the 1980s. There are two plausible policy explanations for this. First, India and Pakistan typically discuss arms control as part of their composite security dialogue, which the two sides have not been able to properly conduct for over a decade and a half due to several factors, particularly the lingering issue of Kashmir.
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Sep 13, 2024 | 
thediplomat.com | Hely Desai
The first simulation of the South Korea-United States Nuclear Consultative Group (NCG) on Sept 5-6, in Washington D.C. marked a crucial milestone in efforts to stabilize the evolving security dynamics of the Korean Peninsula.
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Sep 12, 2024 | 
tribunecontentagency.com | Hely Desai
The first simulation of the South Korea-United States Nuclear Consultative Group (NCG) on Sept 5-6, in Washington D.C. marked a crucial milestone in efforts to stabilize the evolving security dynamics of the Korean Peninsula.
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Sep 7, 2024 | 
southasianvoices.org | Hely Desai |Haleema Saadia
Once considered a factor of stability during the height of the Cold War, the global arms control architecture is now all but crumbling. In South Asia, arms control has always remained elusive, and the prospects for the future seem slimmer than ever. To Pakistani scholar Zafar Nawaz Jaspal, however, bilateral arms control between India and Pakistan is still South Asia’s best bet.
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May 7, 2024 | 
southasianvoices.org | Mohid Iftikhar |Syeda Saba Batool |Hely Desai |Haleema Saadia
South Asia, home to over two billion people and a quarter of the global population, has experienced remarkable economic expansion over the past decade. However, this growth has been accompanied by a significant surge in energy demand. Pakistan has set ambitious targets to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050, while India has promised the same by 2070.
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Mar 13, 2024 | 
southasianvoices.org | Dr. Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan |Nasir Mehmood |Hely Desai
A few days ago, an Indian news agency, Press Trust of India (PTI), reported that Indian security agencies had intercepted a ship that was bound for Karachi from China at Mumbai’s Nhava Sheva Port. The ship was stopped because it was suspected to be carrying a “dual-use consignment” that could find its way into Pakistan’s nuclear and ballistic missile program.
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Feb 1, 2024 | 
southasianvoices.org | Hely Desai |Araudra Singh |Tarun Agarwal |Rakshith Kumar Shetty
On December 8, 2023, the United States and the Republic of Korea (ROK) issued a joint statement declaring a Trilateral Technology Dialogue with India focusing on critical and emerging technologies that will be held in the first quarter of 2024. The unique, but not unlikely, trilateral partnership is expected to expand collaboration on clean energy and semiconductors, instituting India and ROK’s technology dominance in the Indo-Pacific.
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Feb 1, 2024 | 
southasianvoices.org | Hely Desai |Purushendra Singh |Ankit Tiwari |Jagannath Panda
On December 8, 2023, the United States and the Republic of Korea (ROK) issued a joint statement declaring a Trilateral Technology Dialogue with India focusing on critical and emerging technologies that will be held in the first quarter of 2024. The unique, but not unlikely, trilateral partnership is expected to expand collaboration on clean energy and semiconductors, instituting India and ROK’s technology dominance in the Indo-Pacific.
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Nov 15, 2023 | 
southasianvoices.org | Haleema Saadia |Ladhu R. Choudhary |Hely Desai |Jagannath Panda
The absence of an institutionalized Nuclear Confidence-Building Measures (NCBMs) regime between India and Pakistan is an obstacle to the effective management of crises between these two nuclear-armed neighbors. Instances like the 2019 Pulwama-Balakot crisis and the 2022 accidental BrahMos missile launch underscore the critical role that NCBMs could play in diffusing tensions and preventing future crises.
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Oct 30, 2023 | 
southasianvoices.org | Jagannath Panda |Nasir Mehmood |Hely Desai
This piece was co-published as a part of a series with 38 North, a publication of the Henry L. Stimson Center. South Korea’s launch of its Indo-Pacific strategy in December 2022 started the country’s ascent into “strategic clarity” for the U.S.-led Indo-Pacific construct, winning favor with Washington for this policy shift.
