This backgrounder examines the international nuclear nonproliferation regime; specifically the origins, benefits, and drawbacks of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and the Comprehensive Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT).

Despite the chorus of positivity emanating from Washington and several media outlets, the capture of Mullah Baradar in Karachi does not entail a hard swing towards cooperation on the part of the Pakistani government.

The rise of militant Islam in Pakistan ranks among countless examples of short-term political gain sacrificing long-term stability.

On Friday, Pakistan redeployed thousands of troops to its border with India, making war imminent between the nuclear-armed rivals following last month’s terrorist attacks on Mumbai, India’s cultural and financial capital.

Indian air-force fighter jets violated Pakistani airspace twice in one day, in an apparent attempt to test Pakistan’s air defences.  A few days later, India has deployed Russian-made MiG 29 combat fighter jets to the outskirts of their capital, New Delhi. 

Wednesday, November 24th's dramatic terrorist attacks and siege of Mumbai, India’s commercial capital, threatens to unravel the precarious progress towards peace between nuclear rivals India and Pakistan.