BASIC provides a platform for policy analysts and researchers to share reflections on exploring nuclear crisis prevention, management, and de-escalation in South Asia.
These contributions aim to deepen understanding and encourage new thinking on reducing nuclear risks in the region by sharing different perspectives in the spirit of respect, inclusivity, and thoughtful communication. The views expressed in these articles belong solely to the authors of the articles and do not necessarily reflect government positions, any affiliated institutions, or BASIC.
In the latest series of articles reflecting on the anniversary of the May 2025 India-Pakistan crisis, Shaza Arif explores how the crisis highlights the dangerous stability-instability paradox in South Asia, where nuclear deterrence prevents full scale war but simultaneously enables recurring limited conventional clashes, escalating the risks of miscalculation, arms races, and uncontrolled escalation under the nuclear shadow.
In the latest series of articles reflecting on the anniversary of the May 2025 India-Pakistan crisis, Syed Ali Zia Jaffery examines how misperceptions, weak crisis-management mechanisms, emerging technologies, and geographical proximity could make future India-Pakistan crises dangerously prone to nuclear brinkmanship.
In the latest of a series of articles assessing recent hostilities between India and Pakistan,…
In the latest of a series of articles assessing recent hostilities between India and Pakistan,…
In the latest of a series of articles assessing recent hostilities between India and Pakistan,…
BASIC’s Non-Resident Fellow Dr Rabia Akhtar argues that while the recent Pahalgam crisis between India and Pakistan may have ended in a ceasefire, there is little room for comfort. The crisis has exposed a dangerous undercurrent that threatens the fragile strategic stability of South Asia.
In this article, originally published in The Diplomat, Dr Chiara Cervasio and Professor Nicholas J. Wheeler analyse the Pahalgam crisis from a historical perspective, tracing how India and Pakistan have navigated past moments of acute nuclear danger.
Retired Indian army Brigadier Dr Arun Sahgal and PhD Candidate Ambuj Sahu argue that its response to tensions with Pakistan was a unique use of technology-driven kinetic activity using missiles and drones in the subcontinent’s first non-contact war.