The Politics of Nuclear Weapons in South Asia

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.

An 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.