Table of Contents

Introduction: South Asia's Nuclear Security Dilemma, Lowell Dittmer; Part I. The Political Economy of Minimal Deterrence; 1. The Political Economy of the India-Pakistan Nuclear Standoff, Lawrence Saez; 2. Nuclear Crisis Stability in South Asia, Sumit Ganguly and Kent L. Biringer; 3. Military Technology, National Power, and Regional Security: The Strategic Significance of India's Nuclear, Missile, Space, and Missile Defense Forces, Dinshaw Mistry; 4. India and Pakistan: Nuclear-Related Programs and Aspirations at Sea, Rahul Roy-Chaudhury; Part II. The Power Structure of the Region; 5. Pakistan's Nuclear Testing, Hasan-Askari Rizvi; 6. Strategic Myopia: Pakistan's Nuclear Doctrine and Crisis Stability in South Asia, Timothy D. Hoyt; 7. Nuclear Weapons and the Kargil Crisis: How and What Have Pakistanis Learned?, Samina Ahmed; 8. Foe or Friend? Chinese Assessment of a Rising India after Pokhran-II, Jing-dong Yuan; 9. The Causes and Consequences of China-Pakistani Nuclear/Missile Collaboration, T.V. Paul; 10. Conclusion: On the Current Status and Future Outlook of South Asia's Security Tangle, Lowell Dittmer; About the Editor and Contributors; Index

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Lowell Dittmer

Reviews

"Professor Dittmer has assembled a stellar group of contributors to this excellent volume. Both 'deterrence optimists' and 'proliferation pessimists' know that South Asia's tripolar nuclear balance is fraught with complexities that could ultimately eventuate in mass tragedy. Asian security specialists of all stripes will profit from reading this exemplary collection. The book does a particularly fine job of factoring the oft-neglected 'China factor' into the subcontinental nuclear equation. Unlike too many edited volumes, this one is cohesive and well-written throughout."