Investigators
Scott D. Sagan - Stanford University
John W. Lewis - Stanford University

Through research and track-two diplomacy, CISAC seeks to identify unilateral constraints and negotiated agreements that could decrease the likelihood that India and Pakistan will engage in a nuclear arms race or use nuclear weapons in the coming decade. The Center also promotes ideas and strategies to increase the likelihood that such measures will be adopted by both the New Delhi and Islamabad governments.

A part of this effort is conducted through CISAC's Five-Nation Project, which convenes senior officials and specialists from five nuclear nations--China, India, Pakistan, Russia, and the United States--to discuss and produce joint proposals to resolve issues of weapons of mass destruction, the Indo-Pakistani conflict, terrorism, and regional cooperation. The meetings offer a rare opportunity for senior diplomats, area and weapons specialists, and former or active-duty military officers of these countries to discuss some of the most sensitive global security issues.

CISAC also brings together a mixture of younger and more established strategic thinkers from India and Pakistan--individuals from the academic community, civilian politicians and diplomats, and former senior military officers--to analyze alternative agreements and reciprocal, unilateral arms control measures that can constrain nuclear weapons-related procurement and operations.

During the summer of 2004, CISAC held two conferences that provided useful insights into South Asian security issues. The South Asia Nuclear Future conference, co-hosted by CISAC, Sumit Ganguly, and the U.S. Army War College, will result in a book containing the best new thinking on nuclear issues in South Asia. Working Group One of the Five-Nation Project met at Bangkok to focus on revisionments of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and how they will affect Asia.

Contact
Scott D. Sagan