India emerged from the 1971 war with pakistan as the dominant power of south asia. Alliance military strategy in the shadow of north koreas. Cohensouth asia nuclear futures2nicola machiavelli, kautilyas western counterpart, noted that luck or fortune played a greater role in the course of politics than any other factor. Many observers of the south asian nuclear scene might agree on the following. The nuclearization of south asia matinuddin, kamal on. He researches and writes on nuclear weapons and nuclear power issues in south asia and global disarmament.
The treaty was signed 8 september in semipalatinsk, kazakhstan one of the former soviet nuclearweapon test sites that was closed in 1996. Speculations on the future of nuclear south asia 297 for both india and pakistan, as for other countries, making nuclear weapons and their delivery systems is becoming easier with time, and cheaper. One thought on nuclearweaponsfree zone in northeast asia. Chari, pervaiz iqbal cheema, and stephen cohen, four crises and a peace process.
Apr 06, 2020 in addition to the fukushima crisis, safety concerns about nuclear energy have increased in south korea following a 2012 scandal over the supply of faulty reactors parts with forged documents, prompting a series of shutdowns of nuclear reactors. Building the next generation of experts june 29, 2017 by monish tourangbam the online course, nuclear south asia. Nuclear weapons and conflict in south asia stephen p. As a march 29, 1993, new yorker article by seymour hersh warned, india and pakistan have the means and possibly the motives to engage in nuclear conflict. Nuclearization, south asia, discourse analysis, the hindustan times, dawn introduction the nuclearization of south asia is a post independence phenomenon. There will no breakthrough in indiapakistan relations, but war is unlikely. Nuclear weapons and nuclear war in south asia brookings. Emphasized and suggested in this study is a regional approach to be adopted by the regional and global. Nuclear power is the fifthlargest source of electricity generation in india after coal, gas, hydropower and wind power. While claiming to be protecting the world from proliferation threats in iraq, libya, iran and north korea they also have abandoned past pledges and now threaten first use of nuclear weapons against non. Vietnam and the philippines have both come very close to resorting to nuclear power in the past. North koreas nuclear futures 7 allance ltar strate n the shao of north koreas nuclear futures alliance military strategy in the shadow of north koreas nuclear futures in the early decades of the cold war when north korea maintained only a large conventional force, alliance strategy depended on technological superiority. Nuclearization of south asia and the future of nonproliferation. Causes and implications japan center for international exchange.
The 1998 nuclear tests by india and pakistan dramatically worsened the secur ity situation for. Modern technology is highly modular and detailed knowledge of scientific principles is no longer vital. Nuclear weapons in south asia have both precipitated one limited war kargil 1999 and prevented another the 200102 crisis. Despite some attempts at rapprochement in the intervening years, a. Jul 27, 2017 leaders from five central asia states kazakhstan, kyrgyzstan, tajikistan, turkmenistan and uzbekistan met this month to sign a treaty creating a nuclearweaponfreezone nwfz in the region. Nuclear south asia, by major gulraiz afzal khan, 65 pages. South asia s nuclear postures and south asian stability, international security 34, no. South african who attacked a nuclear plant is a hero to his government. Oct 30, 2017 the idea of a nucleararmed south korea has gained steam in the country chiefly because of north koreas sept.
Understanding the arms race in south asia carnegie. So, far, we have attracted more than 1,200 enrollees from 81 countries. Most recently, he coedited with smitu kothari out of the nuclear shadow zed books, 2001. In may 1998, india conducted a nuclear test that did little to.
Whether or not north korea is recognized as a nuclear weapons state by one or more of. Nato nuclear sharing, and eventually the idea of a multilateral nuclear force mlf, in europe in the late 50s seem to be emerging in asia today. South asia who promoted nuclear weapons in the two countries with the promise of. No matter how unbelievable it may seem, pakistans suggestion that it might predelegate authority for use of a nucleartipped nasr to battlefield commanders greatly increases tension with india and the chances of nuclear conflict. India and pakistans nuclear programmes were impelled by quite. North korea will turn east asia into a nuclear minefield. Cohen 5 international security in a nuclear south asia 58 christophe carle 6 national security. Apr 14, 2015 south asia has been witnessing an escalation in military and nuclear rivalry, somewhat overshadowed by the understandable fears of a nuclear arms race in the middle east. The lessons learned from these events in new delhi and islamabad may.
Nuclear signals in south asia bulletin of the atomic scientists. The first nuclear learning coursenuclear south asia. Jun 02, 2016 to the south are hills and jungles, from myanmar to vietnam. Michael krepon, the myth of deterrence stability between nuclear armed rivals, in deterrence instability and nuclear weapons in south asia, ed. Nuclear politics and south asia criterion quarterly. Behind south korea, japan and china, india is one of the biggest consumers of nuclear power in asia. Nuclear armed adversaries india and pakistan have fought three wars since their creation as sovereign states in 1947. As regards the issue of nuclear proliferation in south asia, we intend to analyze and highlight the effects and implications of a possible consensus over the issue. They went to the brink of a fourth in 2001 following an attack on the indian parliament, which the indian government blamed on the pakistanbacked lashkaretaiba and jaishemohammed terrorist organizations. In the northwest, vast expanses of grasslands and desert separate chinas population from central asia, and to the north is siberia.
Us strategy for dealing with a nucleararming north korea. The danger is especially acute in south asia, which, in strategic terms, embraces the subcontinent and parts of china, central asia, and the middle east. In international relations, then, states tend not to bandwagon but balance against each other. A guide to india, pakistan, and the bombis available for free at nuclear south asia is the most comprehensive collection of perspectives regarding india and pakistans nuclear trajectories available online. Ganesh, nuclear missilerelated risks in south asia, in the next arms race, ed.
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 detente. Security estimations in south asia 79 according to waltz, since anarchy is the structural determinant, the behaviour of states tends to be suspicious leading to the dominance of relative gains over absolute gains and the inhibition of cooperation. South asias lessons, evolving dynamics, and trajectories. Nuclearization of south asia and the future of nonproliferation 4 the united state is the major culprit in the erosion of the npt. South korea, the worlds fifthlargest user of nuclear power, targets a longterm phase out of.
Sechser on june 4 and 5, 2004, the center for international security and cooperation cisac at stanford university hosted a workshop on the question of nuclear weapons and stability in south asia. A guide to india, pakistan, and the bomb provides the emerging generation of strategic analysts in india, pakistan, and elsewhere a platform to study nuclear competition and dangers on the subcontinent. 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. This new nuclear arms race in south asia may be the most impor tant global. Nuclear facility attack database nufad sources march, 2016. The two countries of the region, india and pakistan have been engaged in the nuclearization programme. Cgsr workshop bibliography 2016 3 david albright examines three potential scenarios for the future of north koreas nuclear weapons program, which consist of a lowend, medium, and highend nuclear future. The introduction of nuclear weapons and longrange delivery systems has further undermined stability in south asia and is a threat to the nonproliferation regime. This recent spate of nuclearcapable missile tests in south. The two countries have been loggerhead on kashmir dispute since their inception in 1948.
The book begins with an analysis of the factors that led to. May 09, 2017 enroll in nuclear south asia by navigating to. Attacking china poses fantastic problems of distance, terrain and logistics not to mention population. Chinas perspective on north korea geopolitical futures. Nuclear south asia and coming to terms with no firstuse. Mar 28, 2017 nuclear south asia and coming to terms with no first use with indian characteristics. Modernize the south asia nuclear facility nonattack agreement toby dalton introduction on january 1, 2017, indian and pakistani diplomats exchanged official lists of the nuclear facilities located in their respective countries. These chapters show that the presence of nuclear weapons in south asia has increased the frequency and propensity of lowlevel violence, further destabilizing the region. South asia and the nuclear future rethinking the causes and consequences of nuclear proliferation conference report by todd s.
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