Western biases
- Univ. of Waterloo, Ontario (Canada)
The United States has become obsessed with the fact that two of the world`s three undeclared nuclear powers are in south Asia and are considered irresponsible. The US has insisted in recent years that India and Pakistan must ultimately give up their nuclear weapon ambitions and dismantle their nuclear weapon program. This insistence has been insulting to both nations and therefore counterproductive. Nevertheless, there are opportunities to move toward nuclear arms control in South Asia, if the architects of the old East-West arms control regimes, particularly the United States, adopt more realistic and less condescending attitudes toward the region. In the South Asia context, the questions are: What are the military and diplomatic uses of nuclear weapons capability for India and Pakistan? Can Cold War-era schemes such as the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR), and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) play a useful role in the China-India-Pakistan nuclear nexus? If not, should the US, the remaining superpower, re-think its approach to nuclear and missile proliferation issues in light of its recent negotiating experiences in North Korea, the middle East, and South Asia?
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- OSTI ID:
- 95946
- Journal Information:
- Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Journal Name: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 51; ISSN BASIAP; ISSN 0096-5243
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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