by Matthew Teasdale Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in June to shore up relations with China and, hopefully, move toward dialogue and away from confrontation in the Indo-Pacific. Following a dual track strategy, Blinken paired words of cooperation and the possibility of a Biden-Xi summit with a slew of […]
Hiding in Plain Sight: India and Pakistan’s Global Environmental Threat
By Cate Warden* We only hear about the relationship between nuclear-armed states India and Pakistan in abrupt times of crisis, such as when India accidentally fired a missile into Pakistan in March of 2022. The escalation dominates headlines for a few days, and then no one outside of the region itself hears about India and […]
The Brasstacks Crisis
The Brasstacks Crisis was a nuclear scare between Pakistan and India following an Indian military exercise that lasted from November 1986 to January 1987. More than half a million men comprising 10 divisions and three brigades were involved — more than any NATO exercise or national exercise since World War II. Pakistani diplomats and scientists […]
Op-ed: India, China, Pakistan: Three nuclear powers hurtling towards the boiling point
Program Coordinator Abby Pokraka wrote an op-ed in Responsible Statecraft on the importance of paying attention to the tensions between the nuclear-armed states of India, Pakistan and China. For decades, India and Pakistan have clashed over Kashmir, the mountainous region both countries claim. But to make matters more complicated, China has a stake in the […]
History of Conflict in India and Pakistan
Updated May 2025 By Abby Pokraka and Shawn Rostker The history between India and Pakistan, both nuclear powers, is inextricably linked. The countries have fought a series of wars since gaining their independence from Great Britain in 1947, largely over the Kashmir region, to which both […]
