Nuclear India in the Twenty-First Century [Paperback]

This collection of essays, unlike other books on this subject, emphasizes strategic, technological, and economic factors. It includes contributions from a combination of academics and governmental experts from both the United States and India. Nuclear India in the Twenty-First Century provides an important picture of India's nuclear intentions and capabilities and should facilitate policies that the US may consider in response to regional and global proliferation.PART ONE: GENERAL DIMENSIONS Whither Nuclear India?; SarDesai & Thomas PART TWO: STRATEGIC DIMENSIONS What Makes the Indian Bomb Tick?; Perkovich India and the International Security Order; Subrahmanyam India, the International System and Nuclear Weapons; Paul India's Thermonuclear Option; Karnad Why Do States Acquire Nuclear Weapons?; Hymans The International Dynamics of a Nuclear India; Varadarajan PART THREE: TECHNOLOGICAL AND MILITARY DIMENSIONS Nuclear Developments in India and Pakistan; Joeck India's Nuclear Technology Policy and Capabilities; Raja Ballistic Missiles; Sheppard Nuclear Weapons and the Indian Armed Forces, Kadian PART FOUR: ECONOMIC DIMENSIONS The Economics of Nuclearization in South Asia; Lal U.S. Economic Sanctions and their Impact on India; Kapur India's Energy Policy and Nuclear Weapons Program; Thomas PART FIVE: PROLIFERATION LESSONS AND SECURITY PROSPECTS On the 'Lessons' of South Asian Proliferation; Quester Appendix: India's Nuclear Policy; Sreenivasan

The book will greatly interest scholars and policy makers concerned with nonproliferation... - S.A. Kochanek, Choice