The Nonproliferation Treaty - Implications for the U.S. and India

What is the role of nuclear weapons in the post cold war world? Recent confrontations in the Persian Gulf and on the Korean peninsula suggest that the control of those weapons will continue to be an important international issue. This collection of essays explores the relationship between the United States and an older nuclear 'maverick,' India. The contributors are policy and scientific experts convened to explore the possibility of an Indo-U.S. rapprochement on the questions of nuclear proliferation. Both countries have as their goal the reduction of the nuclear threat; however, for over two decades they have disagreed about the best means to achieve it. India has preferred a more inclusive model of international regulation and development while the U.S. has leaned toward limiting nuclear weapons to the five nations who signed the 1970 nonproliferation treaty-Russia, China, France, England, and the U.S. This collection should be of interest to scholars and policy analysts interested in rethinking and perhaps re-creating U.S.-India international nuclear relations. Copublished with the Center for the Advanced Study of India.

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By Francine Frankel

Summary

This work examines nuclear relations between the US and India who, since the 1970s, have disagreed over the best ways to reduce the nuclear threat. India advocates an inclusive model of international regulation whereas the US leans towards limiting weapons to Russia, France, UK, China and the US.

Product details

• Authors: Francine Frankel, Francine R. Frankel
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.05.1995
• EAN: 9780819199430
• ISBN: 978-0-8191-9943-0
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 235 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 658 g
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Arms Control, LAW / International, LAW / Public, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, HISTORY / Military / United States, HISTORY / Military / Nuclear Warfare, India, United States of America, USA, Nuclear weapons, International humanitarian law, Public international law: humanitarian law, Arms negotiation & control, Arms negotiation and control, Treaties & Other Sources Of International Law, Public international law: treaties and other sources