| Politics and threat perception: Explaining Pakistani military strategy on the North West Frontier P Staniland, A Mir, S Lalwani Security Studies 27 (4), 535-574, 2018 | 38 | 2018 |
| Countering others' insurgencies: Understanding US small-footprint interventions in local context SB Watts, JH Campbell, PB Johnston, SH Bana, S Lalwani Rand, 2014 | 35 | 2014 |
| India's Kashmir Conundrum: Before and After the Abrogation of Article 370 SP Lalwani, G Gayner United States Institute of Peace, 2020 | 32 | 2020 |
| Great expectations: Asking too much of the US-India strategic partnership S Lalwani, H Byrne The Washington Quarterly 42 (3), 41-64, 2019 | 30 | 2019 |
| India’s Approach to Counterinsurgency and the Naxalite Problem S Lalwani CTC SENTINEL 4, 2006 | 25 | 2006 |
| The influence of arms: Explaining the durability of India-Russia alignment S Lalwani, F O'Donnell, T Sagerstrom, A Vasudeva Henry L. Stimson Center, 2020 | 20 | 2020 |
| Size still matters: Explaining Sri Lanka’s counterinsurgency victory over the Tamil Tigers SP Lalwani Small Wars & Insurgencies 28 (1), 119-165, 2017 | 18 | 2017 |
| The Pakistan Military’s Adaptation to Counterinsurgency in 2009 S Lalwani CTC Sentinel 3 (1), 9-13, 2010 | 15 | 2010 |
| Pakistani capabilities for a counterinsurgency campaign: a net assessment S Lalwani New America Foundation, 2009 | 14 | 2009 |
| Investigating Crises: South Asia's Lessons, Evolving Dynamics, and Trajectories S Lalwani, H Haegeland Stimson Center, 2018 | 13 | 2018 |
| What the India–Russia defence partnership means for US policy S Lalwani, T Sagerstrom Survival August-September 2021: Debating US Foreign Policy, 149-182, 2023 | 9 | 2023 |
| Revelations and Opportunities: What the United States Can Learn from the Sino-Indian Crisis S Lalwani War on the Rocks 10, 2020 | 9 | 2020 |
| Actually, Pakistan is winning its war on terror S Lalwani Foreign Policy 10, 2015 | 9 | 2015 |
| Pakistan's COIN Flip S Lalwani Counterterrorism Strategy Initiative Policy Paper, 2010 | 9 | 2010 |
| Threshold Alliance: The China-Pakistan Military Relationship SP Lalwani US Institute of Peace, 2022 | 8 | 2022 |
| Public opinion and crisis behavior in a nuclearized south Asia C Clary, S Lalwani, N Siddiqui International Studies Quarterly 65 (4), 1064-1076, 2021 | 8 | 2021 |
| Anatomy of a crisis: Explaining crisis onset in India-Pakistan relations S Lalwani, H Haegeland Investigating Crises: South Asia’s Lessons, Evolving Dynamics, and …, 2018 | 8 | 2018 |
| Whither Command of the Commons?: Choosing Security Over Control S Lalwani, J Shifrinson New America Foundation, 2011 | 8 | 2011 |
| The elephant in the room: auditing the past and future of the US-India partnership S Lalwani, B Heather War on the Rocks 26, 203-37, 2019 | 7 | 2019 |
| Did India shoot down a Pakistani F-16 in February? This just became a big deal S Lalwani, E Tallo Washington Post, 2019 | 7 | 2019 |
