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Pokhran II and After: Consequences of the Indian Nuclear Tests of 1998
Ist Teil von
The Post-Colonial States of South Asia, 2001, p.336-356
Ort / Verlag
Routledge
Erscheinungsjahr
2001
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This chapter deals with the consequences of the Indian nuclear tests of
1998. It first highlights the impact the Indian tests had on thinking at the
global level because there is considerable confusion in international
strategic assessments about India's strategic motives. As the chapter
demonstrates, there exists no consensus about the aims and methods by
which to address the new reality that has been created by the probability of
overt India nuclear weaponisation. The essay maintains that the Indian tests
reflect a considered response to a pattern of Pakistani, Chinese and
American provocations in the strategic sphere; and the problem of nuclear
proliferation cannot be laid to rest in the Asian-Pacific region in which
Chinese and Indian strategic interests and ambitions run counter to each
other. In these circumstances, a non-binding nuclear non-proliferation
regime does not provide an answer to the Indian security problem or the
problem of stability in the Asian-Pacific region. The chapter points to a
need to bargain restraints in the nuclear sphere with India and Pakistan,
India and the Peoples' Republic of China (PRC) as well as India and the
USA as the obvious bargaining partners. Time and space limitations
preclude a discussion of the bargaining opportunities and the difficulties.
This chapter, thus, seeks to challenge and stimulate further the quest for
new thinking and new policy development with regard to nuclear nonproliferation efforts.