Nuclear risk reduction in South Asia / edited by Michael Krepon.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Krepon, Michael, 1946-2022.

Henry L. Stimson Center.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nuclear weapons--South Asia.

Nuclear weapons.

Nuclear disarmament--South Asia.

Nuclear disarmament.

Politics and government.

Military policy.

South Asia--Military policy.

South Asia.

South Asia--Politics and government--21st century.

Physical Description:

vi, 278 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2004.

Summary:

No countries need nuclear risk reduction measures more than India and Pakistan. Since acquiring nuclear weapons, South Asia has experienced a succession of hair-raising crises, one limited border war that was defused by the intervention of President Bill Clinton, and a ten month-long standoff during 2002 in which nearly one million soldiers were at battle stations, poised to fight. This collection of essays by leading Indian, Pakistani, and Western analysts suggests pragmatic steps to reduce nuclear dangers on the Subcontinent. This unusual collaboration was facilitated by the Henry L. Stimson Center, which has pioneered the collaborative adaptation of measures developed in the West to the complexities of South Asia.

Contents:

I Reducing Nuclear Dangers 5

1 Is Cold War Experience Applicable to Southern Asia? / Michael Krepon 7

2 Nuclear Restraint, Risk Reduction, and the Security-Insecurity Paradox in South Asia / P.R. Chari 19

3 Nuclear Risk Reduction in South Asia: Building on Common Ground / Chris Gagne 43

II Avoiding the Nuclear Threshold 67

4 Missiles and Nuclear Risk-Reduction Measures / W.P.S. Sidhu 69

5 Missile Threat Reduction and Monitoring / Kent L. Biringer 101

6 Nuclear Risk Reduction and Cooperative Aerial Observation / John H. Hawes, Teresita C. Schaffer 125

7 Risk-Reduction Measures in Kashmir / Brian Cloughley 145

8 Nuclear Risk-Reduction Centers / Rafi uz Zaman Khan 171

III Missile Defense and Regional Stability 183

9 Missile Defense: An Indian Perspective / Rajesh M. Basrur 185

10 Missile Defense: A Pakistani Perspective / Mutahir Ahmed 203

11 Missile Defense and Strategic Modernization in Southern Asia / Arvind Kumar 209

12 The Challenges of Nuclear Minimalism / W. Lawrence Prabhakar 223

13 Missile Defense and the Asian Cascade / Michael Krepon 237.

Notes:

"A Henry L. Stimson Center book."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1403967024

OCLC:

54752912