Monograph

·         Sadia Tasleem, Indo-US Nuclear Cooperation: Altering Strategic Positioning & Shifting Balance of Power in South Asia (Colombo: Regional Centre for Strategic Studies, 2007). Available at http://www.rcss.org/publication/policy_paper/Policy44.pdf.

Research papers and articles

·         “No Indian BMD for No Pakistani MIRVs,” Stimson Center Off Ramps Initiative at https://www.stimson.org/content/no-indian-bmd-no-pakistani-mirvs.

·         “Pakistan’s Nuclear Use Doctrine” at http://carnegieendowment.org/2016/06/30/pakistan-s-nuclear-use-doctrine-pub-63913.

·         “Regional Drivers of Pakistan’s Nuclear Outlook,” in Perspectives on the Evolving Nuclear Order edited by Toby Dalton, TogzhanKassenova, Lauryn Williams, available at http://carnegieendowment.org/files/NuclearPerspectives_final.pdf.  

·         “Conceptualizing the Relationship Between Nuclear Learning and Doctrinal Thinking: Understanding the Pakistani Perspective and Assessing Deterrence Stability,” in Nuclear Learning in South Asia: The Next Decade, available at http://www.nps.edu/Academics/Centers/CCC/Research/NuclearLearning/7%20Nuclear%20Learning_Tasleem.pdf.

·         Sadia Tasleem, “Creating a Constituency for Unilateral Nuclear Restraint in Pakistan: Prospects and Challenges,” (2015) at http://posse.gatech.edu/sites/default/files/pubfiles/Tasleem%20-%20POSSE%202015%20Draft%20Paper.pdf.

·         Sadia Tasleem, “Diffusion of Nuclear Knowledge: Technology, Policy and Posture,” Program on Strategic Stability Evaluation (2013) at http://posse.gatech.edu/sites/default/files/pubfiles/Sadia%20Tasleem%20POSSE%20VI%20Final%20Paper.pdf. Also re-posted at http://www.css.ethz.ch/content/specialinterest/gess/cis/center-for-securities-studies/en/services/digital-library/publications/publication.html/156919.

·         Sadia Tasleem, “Assessing Impact of Indo-US Strategic Partnership on Strategic Stability in South Asia,” Margalla Papers (2008).

·         Sadia Tasleem, “A.Q.Khan Conundrum Resurfaces: Need to Understand Challenges confronted by Nuclear ECRs Enhances,” Defence Journal 9:12 (July 2006).  

·         Sadia Tasleem, “Nuclear Export Control Regimes: A Critical Evaluation,” Defence Journal 9:11 (June 2006).

·         Sadia Tasleem, “Development of Pakistan’s Nuclear Weapons Program: Setback for the Export Control Regimes,” Defence Journal 9:8 (March 2006).

·         Sadia Tasleem, “US Policies: Challenge to the Global Nonproliferation Regime,” Defence Journal 8:11 (June 2005). 

·         Sadia Tasleem, “Not war, not peace,” review of George Perkovich and Toby Dalton, Not War Not Peace: Motivating Pakistan to prevent cross-border terrorism, in Friday Times (14 October 2016) at http://www.thefridaytimes.com/tft/not-war-not-peace/. Same review was also published as “Pulls and pressures in India and Pakistan,” IPCS (27 September 2016) at http://www.ipcs.org/article/indo-pak/book-review-pulls-and-pressures-in-india-and-pakistan-5138.html.  

·         Review of “India’s Slow and Unstoppable Move to MIRV” by Rajesh Basrur and JaganathSankaran in The Lure and Pitfalls of MIRVs: From the First to the Second Nuclear Age. My review was published as “MIRVing and Deterrence Challenges for India,” available at http://www.stimson.org/content/mirving-and-deterrence-challenges-india. 

·         Sadia Tasleem, “Book Review: Deception: Pakistan, the United States and the Global Nuclear Weapons Conspiracy,” Margalla Papers (2007) at http://www.ndu.edu.pk/issra/issra_pub/articles/margalla-paper/Margalla-Papers-2007/Margalla_Papers_2007.pdf.

Opinion Pieces& Commentaries

·       Sadia Tasleem, “RIP Credible Minimum Deterrence,” South Asian Voices (January 27, 2017) at https://southasianvoices.org/hot-takes-pakistans-mirv-capable-ababeel-missile/                                                                                                                                     

Sad Tasleem, “Banning the Bomb: Pakistan’s Prospects,” South Asian Voices (December 13, 2016) at https://southasianvoices.org/global-nuclear-weapons-ban-mean-pakistan/

·         Sadia Tasleem, “Measuring Fragility: A Case-study of Pakistan,” Fragile States Index 2016: A Review, 184 (September 9, 2016) at http://www.ipcs.org/pdf_file/issue/IPCS_Special_Report_184_FSI2016-A_Review.pdf.

·         Sadia Tasleem, “Deterring Nuclear Terrorism: Reflections from Islamabad,” Bulletin of Atomic Scientists (June 5, 2013) at http://www.thebulletin.org/nuclear-deterrence-and-terrorism-implications-global-security/deterring-nuclear-terrorism

·         Sadia Tasleem, “Silver linings, ominous clouds,” Bulletin of Atomic Scientists (June 20, 2013) http://www.thebulletin.org/nuclear-deterrence-and-terrorism-implications-global-security/silver-linings-ominous-clouds

·         Sadia Tasleem, “Flailing, but not failing,” Bulletin of Atomic Scientists (July 11, 2013) http://www.thebulletin.org/nuclear-deterrence-and-terrorism-implications-global-security/flailing-not-failing

·         Sadia Tasleem, “Missing the forest for the trees,” South Asian Voices (September 5, 2013) at https://southasianvoices.org/missing-the-forest-for-the-trees/.

·         Sadia Tasleem and S. Sasikumar, “Dare to Lead: Increasing Stability in South Asia,” INENS Insights 2 (2012) http://www.inens.org/images/pdfs/insights2.pdf

·         Sadia Tasleem, “NASR (Hatf IX): What does it mean for Deterrence and Strategic Stability?,” Eurasia Review (April 26, 2011) at http://www.eurasiareview.com/26042011-nasr-hatf-ix-what-does-it-mean-for-deterrence-and-strategic-stability-oped/

·         Sadia Tasleem, “Towards an Indo-Pak Nuclear Lexicon: Minimum Credible Deterrence,” IPCS at http://www.ipcs.org/article/india/towards-an-indo-pak-nuclear-lexicon-ii-credible-minimum-deterrence-3330.html. Reprinted by The Daily Star, Dhaka as “Credibility of the Nuke Posture” at http://www.thedailystar.net/story.php?nid=174701.

·         Sadia Tasleem, “Islam Religion of Peace,” Pakistan Observer(March 19, 2004).

·         Sadia Tasleem, “Indo-Pak Relations: Urge for Cooperation,” Pakistan Observer(February 21, 2004). Reprinted by Pakistan Times(February 28, 2004). See at: http://pakistantimes.net/2004/02/28/guest2.htm.

·         Sadia Tasleem, “SAARC Summit: Prospects for Central Asia,” Pakistan Observer(January 10, 2004). 

• Senior leadership workshop at Pakistan Air Force Headquarters, “Competing Norms, Evolving Technologies and Changing Power Metrics: Rethinking Nuclear Deterrence in the Contemporary World,” September26, 2017. 
• Global Zero Teach-In – Islamabad, “Living in the Nuclear Age: What does that mean for us as both Pakistanis and global citizens,”August 06, 2017.
• Naval War College, Lahore, “Dynamics of Threat Perceptions: Identification and Misperception,” April 05, 2017.
• Carnegie International Nuclear Policy Conference 2017,“Mainstreamed or Sidelined: Non-NPT States and the Nuclear Order,” March 20 – 21, 2017available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkpCxHWLzA4
• Prague Agenda Conference 2016,“Putting the Prague Agenda in South Asian Context: Looking back, looking forward & beyond,” December 1 – 2, 2016 available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1im9v_uVMU. 
• Cornell University, “A World with Low Nuclear Weapons: Regional Complications,” November 11 – 12, 2016. 
• Carnegie Endowment for International Peace,“Toil and Trouble: Debating Pakistan’s National Security,” November 9, 2016.
• CSSPR-NPIHP International Conference on Nuclear History, “Challenges of Nuclear History Research in Pakistan,” October 30 – 31, 2016.
• Senior leadership workshop at Pakistan Air Force Headquarters, “National Security Challenges and Role of Strategic Leadership,” August 22, 2016. 
• Senior leadership workshop at Pakistan Air Force Headquarters, “Framing the problem right: A key to effective decision-making (Nuclear Deterrence, Strategic Stability and Contemporary Security Challenges: Questions for Leadership),” June 3, 2016.
• NUST–NPS workshop on Nuclear Taboo and Norms in the Second Nuclear Age, “Historical and Cultural Perspectives on the Norm of Non-Use: Pakistan’s Case,” February 29, 2016.
• Carnegie Tsinghua Center for Global Policy Beijing, “Normalizing Nuclear Pakistan,” January 28, 2016.
• POSSE Author’s workshop Washington DC, “Strategic Stability: Understanding Pakistani perspective,” October 12 – 14, 2015.
• Cornell University, “Arms Control in a New Era,” November 13 – 15, 2015.
• University of Gujrat Pakistan,“Nonproliferation and Disarmament Education in Pakistan,” August 19, 2015.
• Presented a paper on “Pakistan’s perspective of the Nuclear Order,” at the workshop on “Perspectives on the Evolving Nuclear Order,” organized by Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Oslo, Norway (June 10 – 11, 2015).
• Lecture series, “Nuclear Weapons in Pakistan’s Security: Is there room for alternative thinking,”Karachi University (January 28, 2015), Peshawar University (March 13, 2015), Punjab University(May 19, 2015) and Iqra University (June 2015)
• Center for Nonproliferation Studies Washington DC, “Balance of Asymmetries and Deterrence Stability in South Asia,”July 3, 2014
• Program on Strategic Stability Evaluation Workshop Washington DC, “Deep Power Asymmetries & the ‘Great Equalizer’: Evaluating Utility of Nuclear Weapons for Pakistan vis-à-vis the United States,” October 28, 2013.
• Annual Convention of International Studies Association 2013, “Diffusion of Nuclear Knowledge: Technology, Policy and Posture (A Case-Study of Pakistan) at the San Francisco, April 02 – 06, 2013.
• Nuclear Learning Workshop organized by NPS in Bangkok, “Nuclear Learning and Doctrinal Thinking: A Case-study of Pakistan,” May 21-24, 2012.
• Conference on Future trends in South Asia organized by RAND Corporation in Dubai,“Strategic Trends in South Asia,” April11 – 13, 2012. 
• Carnegie Endowment for Int’l Peace, Henry L. Stimson Center and Department of DSS at Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad,“Pakistani Perspective of Challenges to Deterrence Stability” in the Conference titled “Challenges to Deterrence Stability in South Asia,” January 11 – 12, 2012.
• Sandia National Laboratories,“Pakistani Perceptions of Indian Nuclear Capabilities,” October 20, 2010.
• Stimson Center, Carnegie Endowment for Int’l Peace, ISSI, SASSI & Department of DSS, “Global Trends and Global Zero” in the Conference “Pakistan and the Emerging Nuclear Order,” June 10-11, 2010.
• Foreign Services Academy Islamabad, Foreign Diplomats Course,“Nuclear & Disarmament Issues” and “Proliferation of WMD and Missile Technologies”, March 25, 2009.