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After a hiatus of almost 24 years, India startled the international community by resuming nuclear testing in May 1998. This work addresses the belief that nuclear tests in South Asia have altered the strategic environment in the region and globally.
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After a hiatus of almost 24 years, India startled the international community by resuming nuclear testing in May 1998. Pakistan responded later the same month with five nuclear tests of its own. The belief that nuclear tests in South Asia have not only altered the strategic environment in the region (and, perhaps globally) but also transformed New Delhi into a "nuclear weapons power" recurs constantly in Indian strategic political analyses. This work addresses these issues in the context of a broader understanding of India's strategic interests, its institutional structures, and its security goals. The author argues that the truth of the matter is much more complex than most Indian analysts believe and that despite demonstrating an ability to successfully undertake nuclear explosions, India still has some way to go before it can acquire the capabilities that would make it a consequential neclear power.
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Ashley J. Tellis (Ph.D., University of Chicago, Political Science) is a senior policy analyst at RAND who works on international relations theory, military strategy and proliferation issues, South Asian politics, and U.S.-Asian security relations.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. Presumed First Edition, First printing. xxx, 885, [1] pages. Figures. Maps. Tables. Bibliography. Index. DJ has minor wear and soiling. Minor edge soiling. Inscribed by the author on the fep. Inscription reads For Marco DiCapua---With wonderful memories of you, Ann and the family in Delhi!! Ashley 7/23/03. This was prepared by RAND for the United States Air Force under Project Air Force. Ashley J. Tellis (born 1961) is a senior fellow and inaugural chair at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace specializing in international security, defense, and Asian strategic issues. Tellis previously served as a senior adviser in the U.S. State Department in Washington, at the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi, and on the U.S. National Security Council, where he was a special assistant to President George W. Bush and senior director for strategic planning and Southwest Asia. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. On May 11, 1998, after a hiatus of more than two decades, India conducted a series of nuclear tests that signaled a critical shift in its strategic thinking. Once content to embrace a nuclear posture consisting largely of maintaining the option â" i.e., neither creating a nuclear arsenal nor renouncing its right to do so â" India is now on the threshold of adopting a posture that, while stopping short of creating a ready arsenal, will take as its goal the establishment of a minimum but credible deterrent, known as a force-in-being. This book examines the forces â" political, strategic, technological, and ideational â" that led to this dramatic policy shift and describes how New Delhi's force-in-being will be fashioned, particularly in light of the threat India faces from its two most salient adversaries, China and Pakistan. The book evaluates in detail the material, infrastructural, and procedural capabilities India currently possesses as well as those it is likely to acquire in its efforts to meet the needs of its evolving force-in-being. Finally, the volume concludes by assessing the strategic implications of India's posture both on the South Asian region in particular and on the global nonproliferation regime in general. Seller Inventory # 87687