Nuclear Weapons and Arms Control in South Asia After the Test Ban

Nuclear Weapons and Arms Control in South Asia After the Test Ban
ISBN-10
0198294115
ISBN-13
9780198294115
Category
History
Pages
118
Language
English
Published
1998
Publisher
SIPRI Research Reports
Author
Eric H. Arnett

Description

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.

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