
Paul Kapur, PhD
Affiliate
not in residence
Research Interests
nuclear proliferation; military stability in South Asia
Paul Kapur is a professor in the Department of National Security Affairs at the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School and a faculty affiliate at CISAC. Previously, Kapur was an associate professor at the Naval Postgraduate School and a visiting professor at CISAC. He was also on the faculties of the U.S. Naval War College and Claremont McKenna College and a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Chicago, where he received his doctorate in political science.
His research interests include the international security environment in South Asia, the strategic effects of nuclear weapons proliferation, and deterrence theory. Kapur is author of Dangerous Deterrent: Nuclear Weapons Proliferation and Conflict in South Asia (Stanford University Press, 2007). His work has also appeared in journals such as International Security, Security Studies, Asian Survey and Asian Security, as well as numerous edited volumes.
Other affiliations
U.S. Naval Postgraduate School
Publications
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The Jihad Paradox: Pakistan and Islamist Militancy in South Asia
Paul Kapur, Sumit Ganguly
International Security vol. 37, 1 (2012)

- Indian Reactions to the US Nuclear Posture Review
Paul Kapur
The Nonproliferation Review vol. 18, 1 (2011)
India, Pakistan, and the Bomb: Debating Nuclear Stability in South Asia
Paul Kapur, Sumit Ganguly
Columbia University Press (2010)
- The Sorcerer's Apprentice: Islamist Militancy in South Asia
Sumit Ganguly, Paul Kapur
The Washington Quarterly vol. 33, 1 (2010)
Nuclear Terrorism: Prospects in Asia
Paul Kapur
Stanford University Press in "The Long Shadow: Nuclear Weapons and Security in 21st Century Asia" (2008)
Events & Presentations
Understanding Three Decades of Lag in Indian Nuclear Decision-Making
April 28, 2011 Research Seminar
Gaurav Kampani, Paul Kapur- The Supply and Demand of Nuclear Terrorism
March 13, 2008 Social Science Seminar
Paul Kapur, Martha Crenshaw - The Evolution of Pakistani and Indian Nuclear Doctrine
October 11, 2007 Social Science Seminar
Scott D. Sagan, Paul Kapur - South Asia's Mid-Level Stability Problem: Why the Stability/Instability Paradox Does Not Explain Indo-Pakistani Conventional Conflict
January 6, 2005 Social Science Seminar
Paul Kapur - Nuclear Proliferation, the Kargil Conflict, and South Asian Security
February 5, 2004 Social Science Seminar
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