Author : Bhumitra Chakma
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 44,31 MB
Release : 2011
Category : History
ISBN : 1409426262
An important and critical re-evaluation of South Asia's post-tests nuclear politics. Unlike other books, this volume emphasises the political dimension of South Asia's nuclear weapons, explains how the bombs are used as politico-strategic assets rather than pure battlefield weapons and how they are employed by India and Pakistan in an extremely complex and competitive South Asian strategic landscape.
Author : Scott Douglas Sagan
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 23,2 MB
Release : 2009-08-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0804762384
This book presents an analytical account of the causes and dangerous consequences of nuclear proliferation in South Asia.
Author : S. Paul Kapur
Publisher : NUS Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 35,98 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Arms race
ISBN : 9789971694432
Author : Devin T. Hagerty
Publisher : Springer
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 35,53 MB
Release : 2019-06-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 3030213986
This book examines the theory and practice of nuclear deterrence between India and Pakistan, two highly antagonistic South Asian neighbors who recently moved into their third decade of overt nuclear weaponization. It assesses the stability of Indo-Pakistani nuclear deterrence and argues that, while deterrence dampens the likelihood of escalation to conventional—and possibly nuclear—war, the chronically embittered relations between New Delhi and Islamabad mean that deterrence failure resulting in major warfare cannot be ruled out. Through an empirical examination of the effects of nuclear weapons during five crises between India and Pakistan since 1998, as well as a discussion of the theoretical logic of Indo-Pakistani nuclear deterrence, the book offers suggestions for enhancing deterrence stability between these two countries.
Author : Eric H. Arnett
Publisher : SIPRI Research Reports
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 13,98 MB
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN : 9780198294115
As the nuclear weapon states continue to reduce their nuclear arsenals and international efforts to prevent the proliferation of nuclear weapons are reinvigorated, South Asia remains a unique region almost entirely unencumbered by nuclear arms control. Despite the recent popularity of the notion that nuclear deterrence is stabilizing the Indo-Pakistani conflict, there is good reason to believe that the risks of war and the use of nuclear weapons are not fully appreciated. Nevertheless, the prospects for negotiated measures to improve the situation are not good because of the domestic politics on both sides. Nuclear Weapons and Arms Control in South Asia after the Test Ban sheds new light on the risks of the current stand-off, the hidden costs of the nuclear options, and the domestic sources of the region's inertia, bringing together Indian, Pakistani and Chinese perspectives.
Author : Sumit Ganguly
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 147 pages
File Size : 14,82 MB
Release : 2012-07-24
Category : History
ISBN : 0231143753
"In May 1998, India and Pakistan put to rest years of speculation about whether they possessed nuclear technology and openly tested their weapons. Some believed nuclearization would stabilize South Asia; others prophesized disaster. Authors of two of the most comprehensive books on South Asia's new nuclear era, Sumit Ganguly and S. Paul Kapur, offer competing theories on the transformation of the region and what these patterns mean for the world's next proliferators." "With these two major interpretations, Ganguly and Kapur tackle all sides of an urgent issue that has profound regional and global consequences. Sure to spark discussion and debate, India, Pakistan, and the Bomb thoroughly maps the potential impact of nuclear proliferation."--Cubierta.
Author : Mario E. Carranza
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 26,50 MB
Release : 2016-07-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 144224562X
Using a constructivist model, this study brings nuclear arms control and disarmament back into the debates on the future of Indo-Pakistani relations. Constructivism recognizes the independent impact of international norms, such as the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Norm (NNPN), on India and Pakistan’s nuclear behavior. Even though the NNPN does not legally bind them, it is reinforced at the global level, and may lead the South Asian rivals to move in the direction of nuclear arms control and disarmament, thus reducing the costs, dangers, and risks of an eternal strategic rivalry. After examining the main tenets of constructivism in international relations, the works delves into the proliferation debate, discussing nuclear reversal and U.S. policy toward the subcontinent since the G. W. Bush administration. It looks at the prospects for nuclear arms control and disarmament in South Asia after the U.S.-India nuclear deal of 2008, and the nuclear abolitionist wave during the first Obama administration. It concludes with the contribution of social constructivism to understanding how changes in the India-Pakistan nuclear status quo can happen.
Author : Devin T. Hagerty
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 26,77 MB
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN : 9780262581615
Hagerty analyzes how India and Pakistan interacted in diplomatic and military crises before their 1998 nuclear tests. He presents detailed studies of the January 1987 Indo-Pakistani crisis, precipitated by India's Brasstacks military exercises, and the 1990 confrontation over Kashmir. Hagerty concludes that relations between India and Pakistan in recent years support the argument that nuclear proliferation does not necessarily destabilize international relations and may even reduce the risk of war.
Author : Ashley J. Tellis
Publisher : Rand Corporation
Page : 928 pages
File Size : 16,31 MB
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : 9780833027818
"This book brings together the many pieces of India's nuclear puzzle and the ramifications for South Asia. The author examines the choices facing India from New Delhi's point of view in order to discern which future courses of action appear most appealing to Indian security managers. He details how such choices, if acted upon, would affect U.S. strategic interests, India's neighbors, and the world."--BOOK JACKET.
Author : Rajesh M. Basrur
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 38,96 MB
Release : 2008-04-28
Category : History
ISBN : 1134165315
This book is a groundbreaking analysis of the India-Pakistan nuclear confrontation as a form of ‘cold war’ – that is, a hostile relationship between nuclear rivals. Drawing on nuclear rivalries between similar pairs, the work examines the rise, process and potential end of the Cold War between India and Pakistan.
