South Asian Nuclear Proliferation Status, Causes and Policy Recommendations

Abstract

While the rest of the world has left the Cold War behind, India and Pakistan remain locked in their own Cold War Indo-Pakistan zero sum competition is founded on mutual animosity since their separation and the end of British colonial rule in 1947. It is fueled by the lingering dispute over Kashmir, the historic Hindu-Muslim rivalry and the contradictory raison d'etre of each state -- Pakistan's principle of statehood for contiguous Muslim lands and India's principle of multinational secularism Indo-Pakistani rivalry resulted in war in 1948, 1965 and 1971, and came perilously close to war again in 1987 and 1990.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1997
Accession Number
ADA442090

Entities

People

  • Ronald D. Chilcote

Organizations

  • National War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Arms Control
  • Asia
  • Cold War
  • Command And Control
  • Command And Control Systems
  • Control Systems
  • Department Of State
  • Deterrence
  • International Relations
  • National Security
  • Nuclear Proliferation
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Security
  • South Asia
  • Treaties
  • Weapons

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Nuclear Non-Proliferation and International Security