Reexamining U.S. nonproliferation policy in South Asia

Technical Report · Mon Feb 01 04:00:00 EST 1999

OSTI ID:678895

Greer, W L

The goal of US policy toward South Asia has been to preclude the proliferation of nuclear weapons and the means to deliver them. In support of these policies, the US Congress enacted a series of legislation to provide automatic sanctions against nation states that violated nuclear proliferation protocols. In May 1998, first India and then Pakistan crossed the nuclear threshold by conducting tests of nuclear weapons, and then declaring themselves nuclear weapon states. These tests brought automatic sanctions from the US government as well as condemnation from the UN Security Council. In the wake of this development, US policy requires reassessment with an eye toward the short-term need to lessen the likelihood of conflict in South Asia, and with a long-term goal of implementation of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).

• Research Organization: Army War Coll., Carlisle Barracks, PA (United States)
• OSTI ID: 678895
• Report Number(s): AD-A--364140/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
35 ARMS CONTROL
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INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
LEGISLATION
NUCLEAR WEAPONS
PAKISTAN
PROLIFERATION
SANCTIONS
TREATIES
USA