South Asia on a Short Fuse
Author: Praful Bidwai
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Published: 2000-08-01
Total Pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9780195794410
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Author: Praful Bidwai
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Published: 2000-08-01
Total Pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9780195794410
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Published: 2018
Total Pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9789388077262
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Praful Bidwai
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 386
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: D. N. Roy (Associate professor of political science)
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Published: 2017
Total Pages: 307
ISBN-13: 9789383316779
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Itty Abraham
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2009-03-26
Total Pages: 470
ISBN-13: 0253002672
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSince their founding as independent nations, nuclear issues have been key elements of nationalism and the public sphere in both India and Pakistan. Yet the relationship between nuclear arms and civil society in the region is seldom taken into account in conventional security studies. These original and provocative essays examine the political and ideological components of national drives to possess and test nuclear weapons. Equal coverage for comparable issues in each country frames the volume as a genuine dialogue across this contested boundary.
Author: Bhumitra Chakma
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2016-02-24
Total Pages: 278
ISBN-13: 1317020324
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn important and critical re-evaluation of South Asia's post-tests nuclear politics, in contrast to 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 India and Pakistan utilise them for politico-strategic purposes in an extremely complex and competitive South Asian strategic landscape. Written by a group of perceptive observers of South Asia, this volume evaluates the current state of Indo-Pakistani nuclear deterrents, the challenges that the two countries confront in building their nuclear forces, the post-test nuclear doctrines of the two strategic rivals, the implications of Indo-Pakistani politics for regional cooperation, the role of two systemic actors (USA and China) in the region's nuclear politics and the critical issues of confidence-building and nuclear arms control.
Author: Dr Bhumitra Chakma
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Published: 2013-04-28
Total Pages: 286
ISBN-13: 1409476413
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn important and critical re-evaluation of South Asia's post-tests nuclear politics, in contrast to 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 India and Pakistan utilise them for politico-strategic purposes in an extremely complex and competitive South Asian strategic landscape. Written by a group of perceptive observers of South Asia, this volume evaluates the current state of Indo-Pakistani nuclear deterrents, the challenges that the two countries confront in building their nuclear forces, the post-test nuclear doctrines of the two strategic rivals, the implications of Indo-Pakistani politics for regional cooperation, the role of two systemic actors (USA and China) in the region's nuclear politics and the critical issues of confidence-building and nuclear arms control.
Author: Raminder Kaur
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2009-06-29
Total Pages: 255
ISBN-13: 0253220939
DOWNLOAD EBOOK'Censorship in South Asia' explores the cultural politics behind the debate, from colonial paintings to onscreen kisses and nuclear secrets.
Author: Kaushik Roy
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2017-03-02
Total Pages: 409
ISBN-13: 1351884778
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis collection of seminal articles illustrates the reasons for the spiraling nuclear race in the Asian subcontinent and introduces the principal debates in the field. Authors discuss whether the acquisition of nuclear weapons by the South Asian powers has raised the likelihood of a nuclear war in the subcontinent or reduced the chance of a conventional war breaking out. They examine whether a small nuclear arsenal or a nuclear triad, as declared by India, is suitable for bringing stability to the region, as well as the risk of an accidental nuclear conflagration. The first section charts the evolution of nuclear programmes on the basis of realpolitik, and the second section analyses nuclear policies on the basis of religious and cultural ethos. A few essays turn the spotlight on the role of external powers in accelerating, decelerating and mediating the ongoing nuclear tension between India and Pakistan.
Author: Scott D. Sagan
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 2009-08-17
Total Pages: 373
ISBN-13: 080477241X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNuclear-armed adversaries India and Pakistan have fought three wars since their creation as sovereign states in 1947. They went to the brink of a fourth in 2001 following an attack on the Indian parliament, which the Indian government blamed on the Pakistan-backed Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist organizations. Despite some attempts at rapprochement in the intervening years, a new standoff between the two countries was precipitated when India accused Lashkar-e-Taiba of being behind the Mumbai attacks late last year. The relentlessness of the confrontations between these two nations makes Inside Nuclear South Asia a must read for anyone wishing to gain a thorough understanding of the spread of nuclear weapons in South Asia and the potential consequences of nuclear proliferation on the subcontinent. The book begins with an analysis of the factors that led to India's decision to cross the nuclear threshold in 1998, with Pakistan close behind: factors such as the broad political support for a nuclear weapons program within India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the intense rivalry between the two countries, the normative and prestige factors that influenced their behaviors, and ultimately the perceived threat to their respective national security. The second half of the book analyzes the consequences of nuclear proliferation on the subcontinent. These chapters show that the presence of nuclear weapons in South Asia has increased the frequency and propensity of low-level violence, further destabilizing the region. Additionally, nuclear weapons in India and Pakistan have led to serious political changes that also challenge the ability of the two states to produce stable nuclear détente. Thus, this book provides both new insights into the domestic politics behind specific nuclear policy choices in South Asia, a critique of narrow realist views of nuclear proliferation, and the dangers of nuclear proliferation in South Asia.