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Strategic Learning

Comprehensive courses on strategic dynamics with a focus on Southern Asia

About the Project

The Strategic Learning initiative offers free online courses that aim to sharpen analysts’ understanding of strategic concepts in Southern Asia and beyond. By developing interactive online courses and exclusive video lectures, we make diverse viewpoints from experts around the world accessible for our community of engaged “strategic learners.”

In addition to courses, Strategic Learning releases exclusive expert interviews on our YouTube channel and social media platforms, produces multimedia explainer articles on strategic concepts and current developments, and engages directly with universities and other institutions for workshops and discussions.

Project Team

Bio

Betzalel Newman

Research Associate

Jupiter Huang

Junior Fellow

Research & Writing

Video

Naeem Salik: Pakistan’s Strategic Landscape

Exploring Pakistan’s strategy for navigating a complex regional security environment and shifting paradigms in conventional conflicts and the global nuclear order.
Elizabeth Threlkeld
April 13, 2026

Explainer

Air Defense in South Asia

Video interviews with experts on strategic and technical dimensions of air defense.
Betzalel Newman .  Jupiter Huang
March 20, 2026

Video

Rajesh Kumar: Indian Nuclear Strategy and Lessons from the May Crisis

Exploring India’s nuclear posture and modernization efforts in a changing regional security environment with two nuclear-armed adversaries.
Elizabeth Threlkeld .  Rajesh Kumar
March 11, 2026

Video

Tong Zhao: China in Nuclear Southern Asia

Tong Zhao joins Stimson senior fellow Daniel Markey for a conversation unpacking China’s nuclear modernization effort.
Tong Zhao .  Daniel Markey
February 2, 2026

Video

Feroz Hassan Khan: Limited War and Strategy After the May Crisis

Feroz Hassan Khan joins Elizabeth Threlkeld for a conversation on the concept of limited war and the future of strategy in South Asia.
Elizabeth Threlkeld .  Feroz Hassan Khan
January 7, 2026

Explainer

Drone Warfare in South Asia

Video interviews with experts on the technologies and strategies of drone warfare.
Betzalel Newman .  Jupiter Huang
December 10, 2025

Video

Rajeswari Rajagopalan: Lessons from the May India-Pakistan Crisis

Dr. Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopaln joins Elizabeth Threlkeld for a conversation reflecting on lessons from the May India-Pakistan Crisis.
Elizabeth Threlkeld .  Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan
November 25, 2025

Explainer

South Asian Perspectives on Critical Cyber Threats, Law, and Norms

South Asia’s digital future: insights on cyber strategy, crisis response, and diplomacy.
September 16, 2025

Video

Analysis of the 2025 India-Pakistan Crisis

Experts analyzing strategic dynamics between India and Pakistan in the recent crisis
Christopher Clary .  Sitara Noor . Tanvi Kulkarni . Tong Zhao . Debak Das . Walter Ladwig . Arzan Tarapore   and  Beenish Pervaiz
July 8, 2025

Explainer

Five Key Concepts to Understand the India-Pakistan Crisis

Unpacking five strategic concepts behind the recent India-Pakistan military crisis.
Betzalel Newman
May 19, 2025

Commentary

Special Series: Analysis of the 2020 Ladakh Crisis

Expert perspectives on the one year anniversary since the deadly clash between Indian and Chinese forces in the Galwan Valley
Sushant Singh .  Jabin Jacob . Shruti Pandalai
June 21, 2021

Impact

Creating Online Classrooms to Reduce Nuclear Risk in South Asia

Educate the next generation of strategic analysts to help them reach their own conclusions about nuclear trajectories in South Asia.
Gillian Gayner .  Travis Wheeler
May 2, 2017

Recent Publications

Video

Naeem Salik: Pakistan’s Strategic Landscape

Elizabeth Threlkeld
Explainer

Air Defense in South Asia

Betzalel Newman | Jupiter Huang
Video

Rajesh Kumar: Indian Nuclear Strategy and Lessons from the May Crisis

Elizabeth Threlkeld | Rajesh Kumar
Video

Tong Zhao: China in Nuclear Southern Asia

Tong Zhao | Daniel Markey
Video

Feroz Hassan Khan: Limited War and Strategy After the May Crisis

Elizabeth Threlkeld | Feroz Hassan Khan
Explainer

Drone Warfare in South Asia

Betzalel Newman | Jupiter Huang
Video

Rajeswari Rajagopalan: Lessons from the May India-Pakistan Crisis

Elizabeth Threlkeld | Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan
Explainer

South Asian Perspectives on Critical Cyber Threats, Law, and Norms

Video

Analysis of the 2025 India-Pakistan Crisis

Christopher Clary | Sitara Noor | et al.
Explainer

Five Key Concepts to Understand the India-Pakistan Crisis

Betzalel Newman
Impact

Creating Online Classrooms to Reduce Nuclear Risk in South Asia

Gillian Gayner | Travis Wheeler

Sub-Projects

There are no subprojects associated with this project.

Events

Past Event

Naval Competition in the Indian Ocean Region

Please join us for an expert discussion on strategic competition at sea and its impact on competition between China, India, and Pakistan as we launch our new, free online course: Naval Competition in the…

  • January 22, 2025
  • 9:30 - 10:30 AM (US Eastern)
  • Online Only

Past Event

Missile Technologies in Southern Asia

Read the full transcript here. Please join us for an expert discussion on missile technologies and their impact on competition between China, India, and Pakistan as we launch our new, free online course:…

  • November 15, 2023
  • 10:00 - 11:00 AM (US Eastern)
  • Online Only

Past Event

Restoring Deterrence: Coercion and Crises in Southern Asia

Please join us for an expert discussion on deterrence stability in Southern Asia as we launch our new, free online course: Restoring Deterrence: Coercion and Crises in Southern Asia.  A panel of regional…

  • August 3, 2022
  • 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM (US Eastern) (US Eastern)
  • Online Only

Past Event

“Deterrence in Southern Asia” Course Launch

Panelists: Tong Zhao, Senior Fellow, Carnegie-Tsinghua Center Tong Zhao is based in Beijing at the Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy. His research focuses on strategic security issues, such as nuclear weapons policy, deterrence,…

  • November 13, 2020
  • 9:00-10:15 AM ET
  • Location TBD
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Strategic Learning
By explaining concepts and providing access to a wide range of expert viewpoints, we help students and analysts improve their analytical skills and knowledge on matters of deterrence and strategy.

Course Catalogue



Naval Competition in the Indian Ocean Region
This course evaluates the technical requirements, policy drivers, emerging trends, and risks related to maritime security in the Indian Ocean Region.


Missile Technologies in Southern Asia
This course deep dives into missile technologies—what they are, how they work, and what they mean for strategic competition—in the context of China, India, and Pakistan.


Restoring Deterrence
This course goes beyond academic theory and policy jargon to offer students the analytical tools necessary to assess the roles that coercion and deterrence play in Southern Asia.


Deterrence in Southern Asia
This course goes beyond the India-Pakistan dyad to study deterrence relationships in the context of a larger strategic chain that includes China and the United States.


Strategic South Asia
This course is the most comprehensive collection of perspectives regarding India and Pakistan’s strategic and nuclear trajectories available online.

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